backpedaling

When I credit her for discovering Jennifer Lawrence in casting her as Ree Dolly, she smiles bashfully, before backpedaling a bit.

Maybe the Obama administration, instead of merely backpedaling reactively, could support these voices pro-actively as well.

And, unlike Booker, Clinton is unlikely to be cowed into backpedaling by the White House.

By July, however, Italy was backpedaling as the rebels gained power.

Now, a year later, Cornyn is backpedaling as fast as he can.