walked back
walked back is the simple past and past participle of walk back.
Meaning of walk back
Verb
walk back (third-person singular simple present walks back, present participle walking back, simple past and past participle walked back)
- To withdraw or backpedal on a statement or promise.
- Did Obama walk back his support of Cordoba House? As you know, the Internets are alive with the claim that Obama has now walked back his support of Cordoba House, and I've gotten tons of emails telling me that my earlier praise of the speech is no longer operative. But did he really walk back what...2010, Greg Sargent, The Plumb Line
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see walk, back.
Questions about walked back
- What is walked back the simple past and past participle of?
- Walked back is the simple past and past participle of walk back.
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