backpedaling

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of backpedal
2. noun The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.

Similar words

backpedalling backdown u-turn climbdown retreat backstep retreating pullback climb down pushback

Often followed by

on and from to in as toward furiously away

Word family

backpedal backpedaled backpedalled backpedalling backpedals