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backtracking

noun as in U-turn

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Creating the headline is then followed by rationalizations, explanations, footnotes and sometimes a bit of quiet backtracking.

On the other hand, the backtracking and clarifications obviously undermined that.

Why his instant backtracking will come back to haunt him come November.

Mercury backtracking over the Sun and ruler Venus, Tuesday, is a call to action in social, community, or charitable aims.

The president is furiously backtracking; Republicans are clawing over each other to demonize Muslims; Democrats are dead silent.

If we did, we'd have to do a lot of backtracking to get back to this dead star.

This has been done in order to avoid unnecessary backtracking.

In backtracking along the highway, they encountered two extensive patches of flood water.

Backtracking ourselves, we found where she had left the road and had hidden behind a big rock while we had passed.

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On this page you'll find 126 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to backtracking, such as: abjuration, abnegation, about-face, abrogation, annulment, and backpedaling.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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