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rows back

rows back is the third-person singular simple present indicative of row back.

Meaning of row back

Verb

row back (third-person singular simple present rows back, present participle rowing back, simple past and past participle rowed back)

  1. (UK, idiomatic) To change or revise a previous opinion or decision.
    • Indeed, part of the problem was that Armstrong was rowing back on so much previous behaviour and years of aggressive lambasting of reporters, officials and team-mates who had claimed he was doping. "I don't forgive Lance Armstrong, who lied to me in two interviews. And I suspect most of America...2013 January 19, Paul Harris, “Lance Armstrong faces multi-million dollar legal challenges after confession”, in The Guardian

Questions about rows back

What is rows back the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rows back is the third-person singular simple present indicative of row back.

Words near rows back in the dictionary

  1. rowpit
  2. rowport
  3. rowports
  4. Rowrah
  5. rows
  6. rows back
  7. rows in the same boat
  8. rows to hoe
  9. rows up
  10. rowse
  11. rowsed

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