Backpedal

"Backpedal" in French

faire machine arrière

(to distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement)

faire marche arrière

(to distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement)

reculer

(to step backwards)

rétropédaler

(to pedal backwards on a bicycle)

rétropédaler

(to distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement)

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