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单词 back-pedalling
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back-pedalling in British English

or US back-pedaling (ˈbækˌpɛdəlɪŋ)
noun
a retreat from or a retraction of a previously held view
The liberals were angered by Britain's back-pedalling.
A dispute between potential witnesses and a feeling that the evidence might be ratherthin caused some back-pedalling yesterday.

Examples of 'back-pedalling' in a sentence
back-pedalling

Her staff panicked after this declaration and started back-pedalling.
The Sun (2008)
If he doesn't, we'll all be back-pedalling.
The Sun (2012)
Will her friends and family have some back-pedalling to do.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There may also be some back-pedalling on the guaranteed 'triple lock' protections.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Tories accused him of 'back-pedalling' after his party's disastrous local election result.
The Sun (2011)
What comes through here is the polite if frantic back-pedalling of a cornered celebrity.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Not back-pedalling to a bleak past of rural poverty and backyard steel mills but a great leap forward.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
They went for it early on and then got caught back-pedalling too often with players out of position.
The Sun (2011)
To merely copy a past style is admitting a huge lack of creativity and is reflective of a society back-pedalling.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Give him the ball early on, with opponents back-pedalling and regrouping, and he will cause chaos, whoever he's up against.
The Sun (2014)
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