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walking back

walking back is the present participle and gerund 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)

  1. (transitive) 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
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see walk, back.

Questions about walking back

What is walking back the present participle and gerund of?
Walking back is the present participle and gerund of walk back.

Words near walking back in the dictionary

  1. walking and chewing gum at the same time
  2. walking around
  3. walking away
  4. walking away from
  5. walking away with
  6. walking back
  7. walking back the cat
  8. walking bass
  9. walking beam
  10. walking beams
  11. Walking Bear

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