āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
backpedal
/bËakpÉdÉl/
to backpedal
01
āĻĒāĻŋāĻā§ āĻšāĻāĻž, āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to withdraw or reverse a previously stated opinion to avoid criticism or controversy
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She seemed confident at first but started to backpedal when challenged.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽā§ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ˛ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§
pedal backwards on a bicycle
03
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻĒāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
step backwards, in boxing
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
backpedal
back
pedal
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
