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are backtracking
verb
To retrace one's steps
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If you are not moving forward, you are backtracking.
"It's no surprise that they are backtracking now that their scare tactics didn't work.
"The two investors are backtracking and have been given additional time," Mr. Gupta conceded.
One is made up of scientists, many of whom are backtracking on the worst accusations against coconut oil.
But after 16 episodes of "Fox Legacy," the Fox Movie Channel show that Mr. Rothman hosts, Mr. Zanuck and other naysayers are backtracking.
Where spending cuts should, in principle, help to dampen inflation, European governments, like that of the Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, are backtracking on their budgetary commitments.
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Iran was backtracking.
Now, Rex is backtracking off that.
Even Mike Shanahan was backtracking on Monday.
"It feels like I'm backtracking".
But now he does not need Catalan votes, and the relevant ministers have been backtracking.
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