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Backpedal Common

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Backpedal has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

pedal backwards on a bicycle

2

step backwards, in boxing

3

modify one's opinion, make it less strong

4

To pedal backwards on a bicycle.

See Also
crawfish backpedaled about face bicycle backpedaler backpedalling backpedalled
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
bicycle step rethink
Rhyming Words
dal adal odal udal medal iodal tidal abdal andal nidal pedal vidal nadal cidal rydal hadal nodal didal badal modal
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