Definitions | backpedal |
| verb (backpedals, backpedaling, backpedaled) (intransitive)
- To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
- To step backwards.
- The player had to 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 .
Etymology: back + pedal
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