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backpedal
intransitive verb backpedaled or backpedalled, backpedaling or backpedalling
- to press backward on the pedals of a bicycle, as to brake
- ☆ to move backward quickly, as in boxing to avoid blows
- ☆ to retract an earlier opinion
See backpedal in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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