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- verb Used other than as an idiom: see
walk ,back . - verb transitive To
withdraw orback-pedal on a statement or promise;retract .
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errguitar commented on the word walk back
Take steps to reverse an earlier decision as in "it now appears the governments are trying to walk back their decisions"
June 1, 2008