backpedal

Alternative forms

 * back-pedal

Verb

 * 1)  To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
 * 2)  To step backwards.
 * The player had to backpedal before catching the ball.
 * 1)  To 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.
 * Though initially adopting a hard-line stance, the politician soon started to backpedal.

Derived terms

 * (on a bicycle)

Translations

 * Finnish: polkea taaksepäin
 * French:
 * German: rückwärts treten
 * Ido: kontre-pedalagar
 * Polish: pedałować do tyłu
 * Portuguese: retropedalar, contrapedalar, pedalar para trás


 * Finnish:, ottaa takapakkia, astua taaksepäin
 * French:
 * German:
 * Polish: iść do tyłu
 * Portuguese: ,


 * Dutch: gas terugnemen
 * Finnish:, ottaa takapakkia
 * French:, ,
 * German:, ,
 * Polish: wycofywać się, wycofać się
 * Portuguese: voltar atrás,, mudar de opinião