Backpedaling
"Backpedaling" in a Sentence (3 examples)
They are frantically backpedaling.
They are frenetically backpedaling.
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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