Row-back

//ˈɹoʊbæk// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A backtrack or reversal of position; a U-turn.

    "There was, however, a row back on the question of the use of force which, while not totally rejected as a course of action, will only be resorted to when all other possibilities have been exhausted."

Example

More examples

"There was, however, a row back on the question of the use of force which, while not totally rejected as a course of action, will only be resorted to when all other possibilities have been exhausted."

Etymology

From row back.

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