Topic: BICYCLES, CARTS, HORSES
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back‧ped‧al
past tense and past participle backpedalled, present participle backpedalling British English, past tense and past participle backpedaled, present participle backpedaling American English [intransitive]
past tense and past participle backpedalled, present participle backpedalling British English, past tense and past participle backpedaled, present participle backpedaling American English [intransitive]1 to change your opinion or not do something that you had promised to do [↪ backtrack]: They are backpedalling on the commitment to cut taxes.
They are backpedalling on the commitment to cut taxes.2TTB to pedal backwards on a bicycle
3 to run or walk backwards
