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BACKPEDAL
| Main Entry: |
backpedal
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | backtrack |
| Synonyms: | about-face, back, change, fall back, rethink, retract, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, reverse, withdraw |
| Main Entry: | back-pedal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change mind |
| Synonyms: | back out of, change opinion, default on, do a U-turn, do an about-face, fail to honor, go back on, go into reverse, have second thoughts, reconsider, renege, shift one's ground, sing a different song, take back |
| Main Entry: | cop out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, quit |
| Synonyms: | back down, back off, back out, backpedal, desert, dodge, excuse, give the slip, have alibi, rationalize, renege, renounce, revoke, skip, use pretext, welsh, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | be ready, face, ready, take on |
| Main Entry: | double back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | retrace one's steps |
| Synonyms: | back up, backpedal, backtrack, circle, dodge, loop, retrace one's steps, return, reverse, reverse path, turn, turn back |
| Antonyms: | forge, forward, go forward |
| Main Entry: | repeal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare null and void |
| Synonyms: | KO, X-out, abolish, abrogate, annul, back out, backpedal, blow, call off, cancel, countermand, dismantle, invalidate, kill*, lift, nix, nullify, opt out, recall, renig, rescind, reverse, revoke, scrub, set aside, shoot down, stand down, throw over, vacate, void, wash out, weasel out, wipe out, withdraw, worm out, zap |
| Antonyms: | approve, enact, pass, sanction, validate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rescind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare null and void |
| Synonyms: | X-out, abolish, abrogate, annul, back out of, backpedal, backwater, call off, cancel, countermand, crawl out of, dismantle, forget, invalidate, lift, nix, overturn, pull the plug, quash, recall, remove, renege, repeal, retract, reverse, revoke, scrub, set aside, void, wangle out, weasel out |
| Antonyms: | allow, approve, permit |
| Main Entry: | reverse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn upside down or backwards |
| Synonyms: | about-face, back, back up, backpedal, backtrack, capsize, double back, evaginate, evert, exchange, flip-flop, go back, go backwards, interchange, inverse, invert, move backwards, overturn, rearrange, retreat, revert, shift, switch, transfer, transplace, transpose, turn around, turn back, turn over, upend, upset |
| Notes: | contrary describes something that contradicts a proposition, converse is used when the elements of a proposition are reversed, opposite pertains to that which is diametrically opposed to a proposition, and reverse can mean each of those the side of a coin or medal with the main design is the obverse (head), and the other is the reverse (tail) |
| Main Entry: | reverse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cancel, change |
| Synonyms: | alter, annul, backpedal, backtrack, convert, countermand, declare null and void, dismantle, double back, flip-flop, invalidate, lift, modify, negate, nullify, overrule, overset, overthrow, overturn, quash, recall, renege, repeal, rescind, retract, revoke, set aside, turn around, turn the tables, undo, upset |
| Notes: | contrary describes something that contradicts a proposition, converse is used when the elements of a proposition are reversed, opposite pertains to that which is diametrically opposed to a proposition, and reverse can mean each of those the side of a coin or medal with the main design is the obverse (head), and the other is the reverse (tail) |
| Antonyms: | do, enforce, go ahead, meet, reserve |
| Main Entry: | revoke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take back; cancel |
| Synonyms: | abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, back out of, backpedal, call back, call off, countermand, counterorder, declare null and void, deny, disclaim, dismantle, dismiss, disown, erase, expunge, forswear, invalidate, lift, negate, nix, nullify, obliterate, quash, recall, recant, remove, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retract, reverse, rub out, scrub, set aside, vacate, void, wipe out, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | approve, authorize, enforce |
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