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backpack |
backpacker |
backpacking |
backpacking tent |
backpedal
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| backplate
| backrack
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backpedal
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb backpedal has 3 senses
- backpedal(v = verb.motion) - pedal backwards on a bicycle; is one way to bicycle, bike, cycle, pedal, wheel
- backpedal(v = verb.motion) - step backwards, in boxing; is one way to step
- backpedal(v = verb.cognition) - modify one's opinion, make it less strong; is one way to rethink
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CIDE DICTIONARY
backpedal, v. i.
- pedal backwards, as on a bicycle. [WordNet 1.5]
- step backwards, in boxing. [WordNet 1.5]
- modify one' opinion, usually by making it less strong or adding qualifications. [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
backpedal
arrest, back, back away, back off, back out, back up, backtrack, backtrail, backwater, brake, check, clip the wings, countermarch, crawfish out, cry off, curb, decelerate, delay, detain, dodge, draw rein, duck, ease off, ease up, elude, evade, get around, go into reverse, hold back, hold in check, hold up, impede, keep back, let down, let up, lose ground, lose momentum, lose speed, make sternway, moderate, obstruct, reef, rein in, relax, renege, resile, retard, reverse, set back, shirk, sidestep, slack off, slack up, slacken, slow, slow down, slow up, stay, take in sail, throttle down, welsh
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