back-step

With this came an "it's-not-over-'til-it's-over" lesson for the media, with many outlets and reporters having to back-step after first reporting that New Orleans had seemingly dodged a bullet.

Re-living the emotions of Katrina at the Newseum 2010

So if you combine what I believe to be an explosion in the deficit, tax cuts, lots of spending, the back-step on trade policy, the added marginal incentives on tax policy, you are going to have an economy that performs worse than doing nothing.

Why Obama Offers A Net Tax Cut - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

The men exchanged looks and Sabin took a back-step.

The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004

KING: They have to take a back-step, though, don't they, Senator Hutchison, the husbands?

CNN Transcript Aug 3, 2001 2001

He was contrite all of a sudden, doing the Corporate America step'n'fetchit, the old two-step back-step.

Kiss the Girls Patterson, James, 1947- 1995

They started to back-step just in case it was something that might be dangerous.

Before Destruction Rossi, Michael 1991

Crime-scene tape tied to the back-step railings sealed off the area in an ominous yellow rectangle.

Body of Evidence Patricia Cornwell 1991

Crime-scene tape tied to the back-step railings sealed off the area in an ominous yellow rectangle.

Body of Evidence Patricia Cornwell 1991

While Benson asked the question, Le Roi dived at a girl and whirled her away: almost before Ashburner had answered it, his friend shot away from him, making point at a young married lady in the distance; and his bow of recognition ended in the back-step of the polka, as the two went off together at a killing pace.

The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 Various

And so for an hour or more my instructor would continue with the exploits of his hero, Jimmie Rose, while the other in twos or fours danced away, "cutting the pigeon-wing," "the back-step," "the double shuffle," and other steps which required not only a keen sense of keeping time with the music, but agility and muscular power of a high order.

With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon John Allan 1914