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backtrack
verb [I] (CHANGE OPINION) /ˈbæk.træk/Definition
› to say that you did not mean something you said earlier or say that you have changed your opinion: [+ speech] "All right," he backtracked, "It's possible that I was mistaken." The officers were forced to backtrack on their statements. She refused to backtrack from her criticisms of the proposal.Denying and contradicting
(Definition of backtrack verb (CHANGE OPINION) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- answer (sb) back phrasal verb
- apparently adverb
- change your tune idiom
- contradict verb
- contradiction noun
- defensive adjective
- deniable adjective
- denial noun (NOT ALLOW)
- denial noun (NOT TRUE)
- deny verb (NOT TRUE)
- disabuse verb
- dispute verb
- fly in the face of sth idiom
- I'm a Dutchman idiom
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- make (a) nonsense of sth idiom
- oxymoron noun
- rebut verb
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