BACKPEDALING
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Definition
verb
- To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
- To step backwards.“The player had to backpedal before catching the ball.”
- 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.”
noun
- The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
Source: Wiktionary
