💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Walk back"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| backpedalnoun | An act of backpedalling (in any sense). |
| backstepnoun | A step backwards |
| take backverb | (transitive) To retract or withdraw (an earlier statement). |
| back downverb | (idiomatic, intransitive) To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously had, or has planned to have. |
| back outverb | (intransitive) To withdraw from something one has agreed to do. |
| retrocedeverb | (intransitive) To go back. |
| back offverb | (idiomatic) To become less aggressive, particularly when one had appeared committed to act. |
| pull backverb | To retreat. |
| withdrawverb | (transitive) To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation. |
| walk back the catverb | (intelligence) To retrace events so as to determine where an operation went wrong and who was responsible. |
| retreatnoun | The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant. |
| retractverb | (transitive) To pull (something) back or back inside. |
| recedeverb | To move back; to retreat; to withdraw. |
| draw backverb | to withdraw from an undertaking |
| turn backverb | (intransitive) To reverse direction and retrace one's steps. |
| recantverb | (ambitransitive) To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly. |
| take the back trackverb | (informal, dated) To retrace one's steps; to retreat. |
| swallow one's wordsverb | To be forced to retract a prior statement after it has been shown to be disproven; to take back what one has said. |
| give backverb | (transitive, intransitive, idiomatic) To contribute money, goods, or, especially, services for charitable purposes, as if in return for one's own success. |
| returnnoun | The act of returning. |
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