The brake is activated by backpedaling.
"At this point I'm backing up pretty rapidly, I'm backpedaling pretty good because I know if he reaches me, he'll kill me," Wilson said.
"Figuratively" Stakeholders are backpedaling on previous estimates and are now saying that the backlash against "literally" will occur before the end of 2014.
And yet, in Maine, Governor LePage's agenda has engendered such an angry response that the newly elected Republican majority in the State Legislature seems to be backpedaling from many of its strongest components.
Mr. Bush quickly found himself backpedaling from that position on Tuesday.
Parking near an elevated section of Interstate 10 and picking my way along a sketchy, near-downtown Houston street, I was on the verge of backpedaling when I got my bearings: Oh, I recognize these warehouse lofts and art studios.
Mr. Stringer is frustrated that N.Y.U., in his view, seems to be backpedaling on a 26-page proposal it put forward in January that indicated it could shrink its plan to erect four academic and dormitory buildings, whose total size would equal that of the Empire State Building, within two housing complexes south of Washington Square Park.
The governor and other Republicans do not view their shift on the fund as backpedaling.
Revis preened for the final yards of his return, backpedaling into the end zone to produce the Jets' first lead — 7-3 — since the second quarter of their Sept. 25 game in Oakland.
Wade held his follow-through longer than usual and had his arms up in the shape of a V. Then James joined him, smiling, backpedaling and fake-punching Wade in the chest, right in front of the Dallas bench.
He was sent off in one of Real Madrid's spring games against Barcelona for sarcastic comments to an official on the sideline; briefly stopped speaking with the news media in a fit of pique; and on Wednesday set a new low when he snuck up behind the Barcelona assistant coach Tito Vilanova during the late-game fracas and reached around to poke him in the eye from behind before backpedaling.
