backtrack
Example Sentences
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Not all food makers are changing things up, and some companies have backtracked on prior pledges.
Just hours before this latest backtracking, the Health Secretary Wes Streeting – who'd quite fancy being prime minister himself one day – said it was important the government "gets it right first time".
From BBC
But the administration quickly backtracked and said that was not the case.
From Los Angeles Times
After that, there could be a “more serious stallout at resistance,” and then some backtracking into spring for Nvidia and many semiconductor stocks.
From MarketWatch
They pressed for home-surveillance footage, combed the city for leads and suspects, and within 24 hours revealed that they had detained a person of interest—and just as quickly backtracked.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
