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einen Rückzieher machen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • backpedal verb To pedal backwards on a bicycle.

Senses

einen Rückzieher machen is used for these senses in English:

  • backpedal (intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.

backpedal — full definition

  1. verb To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
  2. verb To step backwards.
  3. verb To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.

Related German words