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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
backslide .
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Examples
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Crunchy Frog: That the Republicans in Congress backslid (and were pushed in that direction by a big government GWB) is no fault of the principles themselves.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Jonathan Rauch on David Frum on the Conservative Movement 2010
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After a soaring early winter, they lost altitude and backslid into Same Old Knicks-type torpor.
Buzz Not All There for Knicks-Heat II Jason Gay 2011
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And while even Tuck was wary of making any grandiose "turned-the-corner" statements about an 8-7 team that's multiple times seemed to have turned that corner and then backslid, he did say, "I think we are poised to make a run."
Tuck Awakens and So Do the Giants Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011
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All Tech must do is beat Wake Forest, which has backslid this season, and Duke, which has progressed from lousy to so-so, and it's in the ACC title game, where it will meet ...
Georgia Tech gets near (and dear to) ACC football title - sports 2009
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That the Republicans in Congress backslid (and were pushed in that direction by a big government GWB) is no fault of the principles themselves.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Jonathan Rauch on David Frum on the Conservative Movement 2010
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I was still off the booze, at least close to home, but under the pressure of preparing the tour I had backslid into pot.
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
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Once my dog backslid, but that was because something was the matter with its leg.
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That the Republicans in Congress backslid and were pushed in that direction by a big government GWB is no fault of the principles themselves.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Jonathan Rauch on David Frum on the Conservative Movement 2010
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The club agreed last year to stop discriminating and mend their ways, but gee, when nobody was looking they backslid got sued again in March.
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I was still off the booze, at least close to home, but under the pressure of preparing the tour I had backslid into pot.
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
marky commented on the word backslid
possibly the dumbest word I've ever heard.
January 9, 2016