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0 to move the pedals (= parts you operate with your feet) backwards on a bicycle:
Some types of bike have brakes that you operate by backpedalling.
1 to change an opinion that you had expressed before, or do something different from what you had said you would do:
As soon as I said I thought she was wrong, she started backpedalling.
He said he'd help, but now he's starting to backpedal (on his promise).
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