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Backpedalled vs Backpedaled - What's the difference?

backpedalled | backpedaled |

Backpedaled is a alternative form of backpedalled.



As verbs the difference between backpedalled and backpedaled

is that backpedalled is past tense of backpedal while backpedaled is past tense of backpedal.

backpedalled

English

Alternative forms

* (US) backpedaled

Verb

(head)
  • (AU, NZ, British) (backpedal)

    • backpedaled

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (UK) backpedalled

    Verb

    (head)
  • (US) (backpedal)

    • backpedal

    English

    Verb

  • To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
  • To step backwards.
    • The player had to backpedal before catching the ball.
  • (idiomatic) 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 .

    Synonyms

    * (distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement) climb down