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Synonyms for back-pedal

  • verb

Most common

walk back back-track climb down backflip

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Verb

1. Back-track — to distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea

back-track, walk back, climb down, backflip

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    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.

Related words

Other spellings
backpedal

Example sentences

  • backflip He died by hitting his head while trying to do a backflip.

By length

8 letters
backflip