See backpedal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "back",
"3": "pedal"
},
"expansion": "back + pedal",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From back + pedal.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "backpedals",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "backpedal (plural backpedals)",
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],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2013, Greg Colby, Football: Steps to Success, page 120:",
"text": "He should come out of his backpedal and turn to run only when a receiver threatens to get behind him in the zone.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An act of backpedalling (in any sense)."
]
}
],
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},
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"synonyms": [
{
"word": "back-pedal"
}
],
"word": "backpedal"
}
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