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S vs Backpedaled - What's the difference?

s | backpedaled |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb backpedaled is

(us) (backpedal).

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    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