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row-back

UK/ˈɹəʊbak/US/ˈɹoʊbæk/

row-back noun: a backtrack or reversal of position; a U-turn.

Noun

row-back (plural row-backs)

  1. A backtrack or reversal of position; a U-turn.
    • There was, however, a row back on the question of the use of force which, while not totally rejected as a course of action, will only be resorted to when all other possibilities have been exhausted.2011 February 7, Elissa Jobson, The Guardian
    • After this piece appeared, Garton Ash's liberal credentials seemed genuinely to be on the table, and in London that afternoon his hands visibly shook as he began with an admirable and apparently sincere row-back (an act that this book reconfirms).2016 May, Douglas Murray, Literary Review, page 34

Forms of row-back

pluralrow-backs
alternative formrow back

Origin of row-back

From row back.

Questions about row-back

What does row-back mean?
Row-back means a backtrack or reversal of position; a U-turn.
What part of speech is row-back?
Row-back is a noun.
How do you pronounce row-back?
Row-back is pronounced /ˈɹəʊbak/ (UK).
What is the plural of row-back?
The plural of row-back is row-backs.

Words near row-back in the dictionary

  1. row to hoe
  2. row up
  3. row vector
  4. row vectors
  5. row Z
  6. row-back
  7. row-backs
  8. row-barge
  9. row-equivalence
  10. row-equivalent
  11. row-reduced

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