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rowback

rowback is the alternative form of row-back.

Meaning of row-back

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

Forms of rowback

pluralrowbacks

Questions about rowback

What is rowback the alternative form of?
Rowback is the alternative form of row-back.

Words near rowback in the dictionary

  1. rowannahs
  2. rowans
  3. Rowarth
  4. Rowarths
  5. Rowayton
  6. rowback
  7. rowbacks
  8. rowbarge
  9. rowbarges
  10. rowboat
  11. rowboated

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