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"(intransitive) To pedal backwards on a bicycle."
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"sense": "to pedal backwards on a bicycle",
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"(intransitive) To step backwards."
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"text": "Though initially adopting a hard-line stance, the politician soon started to backpedal."
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"word": "gas terugnemen"
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"sense": "to distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement",
"word": "faire marche arrière"
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"sense": "to distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement",
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