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backtracking

noun as in U-turn

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Even if a strong agreement is hammered out, there is no real assurance against backtracking.

They are already accusing Mr Lammy of backtracking on pre-election promises to push the international courts to declare China’s treatment of the Uighur minority as genocide.

From BBC

Pelley’s account of the Trump campaign's backtracking came right before “60 Minutes” aired Bill Whittaker’s interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, who has a flurry of media appearances scheduled this week.

From Salon

As with so many inching, backtracking steps toward adulthood, I didn’t notice until long after it happened.

He then admitted he attacked her out of anger before backtracking and saying he never intended to hurt her.

From BBC

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

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