"идти на попятную" meaning in Russian

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to go onto the reverse (path, way etc.)"
      },
      "expansion": "“to go onto the reverse (path, way etc.)”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to go onto the reverse (path, way etc.)"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “to go onto the reverse (path, way etc.)”",
      "name": "lit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “to go onto the reverse (path, way etc.)”. Alteration of идти́ на попя́тный (idtí na popjátnyj). Overtook идти́ на попя́тный (idtí na popjátnyj) in usage in the second half of the 20th century.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "идти́ на попя́тную",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "idtí na popjátnuju",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "пойти́ на попя́тную",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "идти́ на попя́тную",
        "2": "impf",
        "pf": "пойти́ на попя́тную"
      },
      "expansion": "идти́ на попя́тную • (idtí na popjátnuju) impf (perfective пойти́ на попя́тную)",
      "name": "ru-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "идти́"
      },
      "name": "ru-conj-verb-see"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Governments rarely back down after something like this.",
          "roman": "Pravítelʹstva rédko idjót na popjátnuju pósle takóvo.",
          "text": "Прави́тельства ре́дко идёт на попя́тную по́сле тако́го.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to back down, to back out, to backtrack, to backpedal, to reverse course, to fold, to compromise, to go back on one's word"
      ],
      "id": "en-идти_на_попятную-ru-verb-dFEPkp1w",
      "links": [
        [
          "back down",
          "back down"
        ],
        [
          "back out",
          "back out"
        ],
        [
          "backtrack",
          "backtrack"
        ],
        [
          "backpedal",
          "backpedal"
        ],
        [
          "reverse course",
          "reverse course"
        ],
        [
          "fold",
          "fold"
        ],
        [
          "compromise",
          "compromise"
        ],
        [
          "go back on",
          "go back on"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to back down, to back out, to backtrack, to backpedal, to reverse course, to fold, to compromise, to go back on one's word"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "отка́зываться"
        },
        {
          "word": "отступа́ть"
        },
        {
          "word": "отступа́ться"
        },
        {
          "roman": "idtí na popjátnyj",
          "tags": [
            "uncommon"
          ],
          "word": "идти́ на попя́тный"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɪˈtʲːi nə‿pɐˈpʲatnʊjʊ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "идти на попятную"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to go onto the reverse (path, way etc.)"
      },
      "expansion": "“to go onto the reverse (path, way etc.)”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to go onto the reverse (path, way etc.)"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “to go onto the reverse (path, way etc.)”",
      "name": "lit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “to go onto the reverse (path, way etc.)”. Alteration of идти́ на попя́тный (idtí na popjátnyj). Overtook идти́ на попя́тный (idtí na popjátnyj) in usage in the second half of the 20th century.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "идти́ на попя́тную",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "idtí na popjátnuju",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "пойти́ на попя́тную",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "идти́ на попя́тную",
        "2": "impf",
        "pf": "пойти́ на попя́тную"
      },
      "expansion": "идти́ на попя́тную • (idtí na popjátnuju) impf (perfective пойти́ на попя́тную)",
      "name": "ru-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "идти́"
      },
      "name": "ru-conj-verb-see"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Russian imperfective verbs",
        "Russian lemmas",
        "Russian literary terms",
        "Russian multiword terms",
        "Russian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Russian terms with usage examples",
        "Russian verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Governments rarely back down after something like this.",
          "roman": "Pravítelʹstva rédko idjót na popjátnuju pósle takóvo.",
          "text": "Прави́тельства ре́дко идёт на попя́тную по́сле тако́го.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to back down, to back out, to backtrack, to backpedal, to reverse course, to fold, to compromise, to go back on one's word"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "back down",
          "back down"
        ],
        [
          "back out",
          "back out"
        ],
        [
          "backtrack",
          "backtrack"
        ],
        [
          "backpedal",
          "backpedal"
        ],
        [
          "reverse course",
          "reverse course"
        ],
        [
          "fold",
          "fold"
        ],
        [
          "compromise",
          "compromise"
        ],
        [
          "go back on",
          "go back on"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to back down, to back out, to backtrack, to backpedal, to reverse course, to fold, to compromise, to go back on one's word"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "отка́зываться"
        },
        {
          "word": "отступа́ть"
        },
        {
          "word": "отступа́ться"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɪˈtʲːi nə‿pɐˈpʲatnʊjʊ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "idtí na popjátnyj",
      "tags": [
        "uncommon"
      ],
      "word": "идти́ на попя́тный"
    }
  ],
  "word": "идти на попятную"
}