Back-pedal

美 
英 
  • v.收回(意见等);(立场)软化;出尔反尔;倒踩自行车的脚蹬
  • n.倒蹬
  • 网络脚煞车
back-pedal
v.
1.
[i]
~ (on sth)
收回(意见等);(立场)软化;出尔反尔to change an earlier statement or opinion; to not do sth that you promised to do
The protests have forced the government to back-pedal on the new tax.
抗议活动已迫使政府撤销新的税目。
2.
[i]
倒踩自行车的脚蹬;倒走;倒跑to pedal backwards on a bicycle; to walk or run backwards