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nautic. |
backing stern; coming astern |
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gen. |
back a stern; back oars; be in retreat (A.Rezvov); back out; back; back up; crayfish (Баян) |
Gruzovik |
put into reverse |
Игорь Миг |
back-pedal; have a reverse gear; beat a retreat |
dril. |
reverse |
fig. |
backpedal (Though initially adopting a hard-line stance, the politician soon started to backpedal.) |
fig., inf. |
go back on word |
forestr. |
back (о транспортном средстве) |
Gruzovik, fig. |
go back on one's word |
Makarov. |
back away; back off; stern back |
mil. |
go astern |
nautic. |
shieve; back stern; come astern; drop astern; reverse the engine; drop back; make sternway |
vulg. |
back into |
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move backward (Kerry said had "walked away" during talks in London, when Iran "started fudging numbers they'd already agreed to and they moved backward" and again, later, "when we were in another set of talks in Lausanne 4uzhoj); back up; reverse (машине); back out (выехать задом ssn) |
Gruzovik |
go into reverse |
Игорь Миг |
back-pedal; have a reverse gear; back pedal; put the car in reverse; back down (The authorities had to back down. mberdy.us.17); pull a no-show; forget about it |
fig. |
reverse oneself; backpedal (перен., напр., The president backpedalled on his decision to appoint a new cabinet Рина Грант); to backpedal (Рина Грант) |
idiom. |
be backtracking (New York Times Alex_Odeychuk); double back (Abysslooker); bottle out (Abysslooker); back off (The New Democrats shifted their focus to trying to regulate the bitumen (heavy oil) that would be carried from Alberta. It triggered a bitter showdown with Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, leader of the country’s other NDP government. When Heyman threatened to block the movement of bitumen through the pipeline, Notley threatened her province would boycott B.C. wine. Horgan, fearing a trade war, backed off. -- дал задний ход (vancouversun.com) ART Vancouver) |
Makarov. |
put it into reverse |
mil. |
reverse |
nautic., Makarov. |
drop astern |
yacht. |
go astern |
Игорь Миг, fig.of.sp. |
backtrack |
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inf. |
dial back |