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backpedalbackpedal /ˈbækˌpɛdl/ verb [intransitive] VERB TABLEbackpedal |
Present | I, you, we, they | backpedal | | he, she, it | backpedals | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | backpedaled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have backpedaled | | he, she, it | has backpedaled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had backpedaled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will backpedal | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have backpedaled |
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Present | I | am backpedaling | | he, she, it | is backpedaling | | you, we, they | are backpedaling | Past | I, he, she, it | was backpedaling | | you, we, they | were backpedaling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been backpedaling | | he, she, it | has been backpedaling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been backpedaling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be backpedaling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been backpedaling |
1to start to change your opinion or actions about something that you had promised: The government is backpedaling on some of the reforms.2to pedal backward on a bicycle3to start running back toward a position you were in before |