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backtrack

verb as in backpedal

verb as in retrace one's step

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But public revulsion at their attack appears to have forced the criminals to backtrack.

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But Netanyahu also threatened that “Israel will finish the job by itself” if Hamas rejects the plan, or if it accepts it but then backtracks.

"They didn't follow democratic values and backtracked from their own commitment."

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In one widely-shared clip, a worker tells a caller the ban has been in place for around a month - before later backtracking and stating content is only banned when it is "abusive".

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Newsom’s administration has since backtracked on regulations that would have helped to achieve these goals, and instead has written new draft regulations that critics contend are industry-friendly and watered down.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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