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
- verb To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
- verb To step backwards.
- verb To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.
contradict — full definition
- verb To say something that is the opposite of, or inconsistent with, another statement.
- verb To argue that someone is wrong by directly opposing what they say.