desdecirse — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
desdecirse is used for these senses in English:
- back out (intransitive) To withdraw from something one has agreed to do.
- backpedal (intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.
- go back on To fail to keep; to renege on.
- retract To take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written); to disavow, to repudiate.
- take back (transitive) To retract or withdraw (an earlier statement).
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.
retract — full definition
- verb To pull something back in, especially a part that extends outward.
- verb To take back a statement, promise, or accusation because it was wrong or shouldn't have been made.