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backpedaling

verb backpedalling

  1. US, gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of backpedal

noun backpedalings · backpedalling

  1. countable, uncountable The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop. Despite the swift backpedalling of the university, the original notice given to stall operators is suggestive of the potential existence of ‘a growing English-speaking elite’ that is ‘happy to maintain the importance of the English language’.

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@misc{backpedaling_2026,
  title = {backpedaling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/backpedaling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}