backtrack
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile the U.S. backtracked from a claim that it’s helped tankers go through the contested passageway.
From MarketWatch
“Never mind,” I backtrack, at the same time he says, “You.”
From Literature
He backtracked slightly—“all respect to the ballet and opera people out there”—only to pour salt on the fresh wound.
In the Indian Treaty Room Wednesday afternoon, the president backtracked and seemed to support Rubio’s contention.
From Salon
But backtracking and regrets have no place here.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
