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desdizer — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • backpedal verb To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
  • contradict verb To say something that is the opposite of, or inconsistent with, another statement.

Senses

desdizer 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.

contradict — full definition

  1. verb To say something that is the opposite of, or inconsistent with, another statement.
  2. verb To argue that someone is wrong by directly opposing what they say.

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