backpedaling

Meaning of backpedaling

verb
  1. To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
  2. To step backwards.
    The player had to backpedal before catching the ball.
  3. 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.

noun

The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.

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Hyphenation of backpedaling

backpedal-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 12 chars.
  • backpedaling is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

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