verb (-ll-, AmE -l-) [V]
1 ~ (on sth) 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 plans to introduce a new tax.
2 to PEDAL backwards on a bicycle; to walk or run backwards
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