back-pedal
verb🔊/ˌbæk ˈpedl/
🔊/ˌbæk ˈpedl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they back-pedal | 🔊/ˌbæk ˈpedl/ 🔊/ˌbæk ˈpedl/ |
| he / she / it back-pedals | 🔊/ˌbæk ˈpedlz/ 🔊/ˌbæk ˈpedlz/ |
| past simple back-pedalled | 🔊/ˌbæk ˈpedld/ 🔊/ˌbæk ˈpedld/ |
| past participle back-pedalled | 🔊/ˌbæk ˈpedld/ 🔊/ˌbæk ˈpedld/ |
| (North American English) past simple back-pedaled | 🔊/ˌbæk ˈpedld/ 🔊/ˌbæk ˈpedld/ |
| (North American English) past participle back-pedaled | 🔊/ˌbæk ˈpedld/ 🔊/ˌbæk ˈpedld/ |
| -ing form back-pedalling | 🔊/ˌbæk ˈpedlɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌbæk ˈpedlɪŋ/ |
| (North American English) -ing form back-pedaling | 🔊/ˌbæk ˈpedlɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌbæk ˈpedlɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] back-pedal (on something)
to change an earlier statement or opinion; to not do something that you promised to do 收回（意见等）；（立场）软化；出尔反尔 - [intransitive]
to pedal backwards on a bicycle; to walk or run backwards 倒踩自行车的脚蹬；倒走；倒跑