row back
phrasal verbrow back
- [intransitive]
to change an earlier statement, opinion or promise 改变原来的说法（或意见、承诺） Today he seemed to be rowing back from what he said last night. 今天，他似乎正在摆脱昨晚所说的话。 The government is now trying to row back on its commitments. 政府现在试图收回先前的承诺。