backtrack

/ˈbæktræk/ verb [I]

Translation

› to say that you did not mean something you said earlier

önceden söylediği şeyleri kasdetmediğini söylemek

The government has backtracked on its promises.1166

(Definition of backtrack verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to manage not to be destroyed, harmed or permanently affected by the difficult situation you...

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