BACKPEDALING meaning: Retreating from previous statements, positions - OneLook

Usually means: Retreating from previous statements, positions.

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backpedaling: Merriam-Webster
backpedaling: Vocabulary.com
Backpedaling, backpedaling: Wordnik
backpedaling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
backpedaling: Wiktionary
backpedaling: Dictionary.com
backpedaling: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun: The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.

Similar:

backpedalling, backdown, U-turn, climbdown, retreating, backstep, pullback, climb down, pushback, backout, more...

Opposite:

advancing, progressing, moving forward

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Similar:

backpedalling, backdown, U-turn, climbdown, retreating, backstep, pullback, climb down, pushback, backout, more...

Opposite:

advancing, progressing, moving forward

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