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disdirsi — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • backpedal verb To turn a bicycle's pedals in the opposite direction to normal.

Senses

disdirsi 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 turn a bicycle's pedals in the opposite direction to normal.
  2. verb To walk or move backwards.
  3. verb To withdraw from something you said or believed earlier.
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