25B6; verb the government has back-pedalled on its plans : CHANGE ONE'S MIND, go into reverse, backtrack, back down, climb down, do an about-face, do a U-turn, renege, go back on, back out of, fail to honour, withdraw, take back, default on; Brit. do an about-turn.
BACK-PEDAL
Meaning of BACK-PEDAL in English
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