"backpedaling" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: backpedalings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} backpedaling (countable and uncountable, plural backpedalings)
  1. The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-backpedaling-en-noun-QngdWp0n
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: backpedalling [UK]

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} backpedaling
  1. (US) present participle and gerund of backpedal Tags: US, form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: backpedal
    Sense id: en-backpedaling-en-verb-uCC4GgoH Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: backpedalling [UK]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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