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backpedal
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backpedalverb
To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.
Though initially adopting a hard-line stance, the politician soon started to backpedal.
Synonyms:
climb down
Princeton's WordNet
backpedalverb
pedal backwards on a bicycle
backpedalverb
step backwards, in boxing
backpedalverb
modify one's opinion, make it less strong
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- идти на попятныйRussian
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