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Backpedal

Verb

Définitions

1.VerbTo pedal backwards on a bicycle.
2.VerbTo step backwards.
"The player had to backpedal before catching the ball."
3.VerbTo 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."
4.NounAn act of backpedalling (in any sense).
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