back-pedal
verbVerb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they back-pedal | |
he / she / it back-pedals | |
past simple back-pedalled | |
past participle back-pedalled | |
(North American English) past simple back-pedaled | |
(North American English) past participle back-pedaled | |
-ing form back-pedalling | |
(North American English) -ing form back-pedaling |
- [intransitive] back-pedal (on something)
to change an earlier statement or opinion; to not do something that you promised to do Topics Opinion and argumentc2收回(意见等);(立场)软化;出尔反尔 - [intransitive]
to pedal backwards on a bicycle; to walk or run backwards 倒踩自行车的脚蹬;倒走;倒跑