EGAVE

backstep

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A step backwards
  2. noun A regression.
  3. noun An abrupt subsidence or change in deposition preserved in the sedimentary record due to a marine transgression.
  4. noun Flow over a backward-facing step.
  5. noun The process of going back and finishing a specification that was incomplete at the start of a process, once enough progress has been made to know the full details.
  6. noun A platform at the rear of a firetruck where a firefighter can stand.
  7. verb To take a step backwards
  8. verb To return to a previous place or time.

Similar words

step back backdown backpedalling retreat backpedaling backout recoil regress pushback climbdown

Often followed by

all flow to in

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