BACKPEDAL

Meaning of BACKPEDAL in English

Pronunciation: ' bak- ˌ pe-d ə l

Function: intransitive verb

Date: 1901

: to retreat or move backward

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

BACKPEDAL — intransitive verb Date: 1901 to retreat or move backward
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BACKPEDAL — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ intransitive verb Etymology: back (II) + pedal 1. : to press backward on the pedals of a bicycle to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACKPEDAL — v. pedal backwards; change one's opinion
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BACKPEDAL — intransitive verb Date: 1901 : to retreat or move backward
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BACKPEDAL — [back.ped.al] vi (1901): to retreat or move backward
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BACKPEDAL — backpedal, back-pedal BrE AmE ˌbæk ˈped ə l ◂ ˈ•ˌ•• AmE ˈbæk ˌped ə l ▷ backpedal|ed, ~led d ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BACKPEDAL — back ‧ ped ‧ al /ˌbækˈpedl $ ˈbækˌpedl/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle backpedalled , present …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BACKPEDAL — see back-pedal
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACKPEDAL — verb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The country's government is backpedaling on some of the reforms.
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BACKPEDAL — [verb] [I] -ll- or US usually -l- - to pedal backwards on a bicycle, or (figurative) to change an opinion …
Cambridge English vocab
BACKPEDAL
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BACKPEDAL — v. Function: verb Synonyms: BACK DOWN , back off, back out, backwater, crawfish (out), cry off, declare off, renege, resile, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BACKPEDAL — verb Synonyms: back down , back off, back out, backwater, crawfish (out), cry off, declare off, renege, resile, welsh Related …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
BACKPEDAL — менять образ действия, решения на противоположные
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BACKPEDAL — v. тормозить велосипед, приостанавливать дело, тормозить, идти на попятный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
BACKPEDAL — v. тормозить велосипед, приостанавливать дело, тормозить, идти на попятный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
BACKPEDAL — гл. 1) тормозить велосипед 2) медлить; приостанавливать, тормозить ( дело ) 3) идти на попятный; давать опровержение Since President Bush …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BACKPEDAL — гл. 1) тормозить велосипед 2) медлить; приостанавливать, тормозить (дело) 3) идти на попятный; давать опровержение Since President Bush vowed to "whip terrorism," we have …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BACKPEDAL — менять образ действия, решения на противоположные
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
BACKPEDAL — менять образ действия, решения на противоположные He was forced to backpedal when the truth came out
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь сленга, жаргона, русских имен
BACKPEDAL — менять образ действия, решения на противоположные He was forced to backpedal when the truth came out
English Russian slang dictionary
BACKPEDAL — "давать задний ход"; менять действия, решения на противоположные
Subsidiary English-Russian Dictionary
BACKTRACK — back ‧ track /ˈbæktræk/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive] 1 . to change an opinion or promise that you gave so …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BACK-PEDAL — also backpedal ( back-pedals, back-pedalling, back-pedalled) Note: The forms 'back-pedaling' and 'back-pedaled' are used in American English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACK-PEDAL — (~s, ~ling, ~led) Note: The spelling 'backpedal' is also used. The forms '~ing' and '~ed' are used in American English. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FREE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (a) free choice ▪ Students have an entirely free choice of what to study …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FREE KICK — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Another eight minutes and Willie Jamieson powered in a header from an Iain Cameron free …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WELSH — Synonyms and related words : back out, backpedal, backwater, crawfish out, cry off, default, disallow, dishonor, dodge, dog it, duck, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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