LekhoriLekhoriTo pedal backwards on a bicycle.
The road was on a hill and the boy was going down the slope, and as he flashed by he started backpedalling very quickly so that the free-wheeling mechanism of his bike made a loud whirring sound.
To step backwards.
The player had to backpedal before catching the ball.
To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.
Though initially adopting a hard-line stance, the politician soon started to backpedal.
An act of backpedalling (in any sense).
He should come out of his backpedal and turn to run only when a receiver threatens to get behind him in the zone.
From back + pedal.
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