Aranan: fikrini değiştirmek
backpedal
/ˈbækˌpɛdəɫ/Giriş yap, bu kelimeyi “Kelimelerim”e ekle.
Çeviriler
fiil
- backpedal General
- backpedaled General
- back-pedaled General
- back-pedal General
- backpedaling General
- it's General
- opinion's General
- recant General
- recanted General
- recanting General
- recants General
- turn General
- turn-round General
- unbethink General
Tanımlar (İngilizce)
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fiil
To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
“The road was on a hill and the boy was going down the slope, and as he flashed by he started backpedalling very quickly so that the free-wheeling mechanism of his bike made a loud whirring sound.”
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fiil
To step backwards.
“The player had to backpedal before catching the ball.”
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fiil
To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.
“Though initially adopting a hard-line stance, the politician soon started to backpedal.”
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isim
An act of backpedalling (in any sense).
“He should come out of his backpedal and turn to run only when a receiver threatens to get behind him in the zone.”