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backpedalings

backpedalings is the plural of backpedaling.

Meaning of backpedaling

Noun

backpedaling (countable and uncountable, plural backpedalings)

  1. The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
    • Despite the swift backpedalling of the university, the original notice given to stall operators is suggestive of the potential existence of ‘a growing English-speaking elite’ that is ‘happy to maintain the importance of the English language’.2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 3

Questions about backpedalings

What is backpedalings the plural of?
Backpedalings is the plural of backpedaling.

Words near backpedalings in the dictionary

  1. backpedal
  2. backpedaled
  3. backpedaler
  4. backpedalers
  5. backpedaling
  6. backpedalings
  7. backpedalled
  8. backpedalling
  9. backpedallings
  10. backpedals
  11. backpeddle

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