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is backtracking

  • present progressive
    of backtrack (3rd person singular).
    backtrack
    verb (used without object)
    to return over the same course or route.

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"So don't let anybody tell you, here or outside, that the EU is backtracking," he said.

From Reuters ● Nov. 15, 2022

Microsoft is backtracking on changes it made to Windows 11 that made it more difficult to switch default browsers.

From The Verge ● Dec. 3, 2021

Now Kelly is backtracking, going as far as claiming that he would be "offended" if someone asked him about his replacement.

From Fox News ● Sep. 3, 2021

“Al Jazeera is backtracking and retreating,” said Fleischer, the former White House press secretary for President George W. Bush.

From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2016

There are signs that the Commission is backtracking.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2012