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recejar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • backpedal verb To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
  • recede verb To move gradually back or away from a previous position.
  • reverse adj Opposite in position, direction, or order.

Senses

recejar is used for these senses in English:

  • backpedal (intransitive) To step backwards.
  • recede To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
  • reverse (ergative, transport) To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.

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.

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