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gen.	back-pedal (Anglophile); back down (bookworm); go back on one's word (bigmaxus); abandon a claim (bigmaxus); reverse course (Ремедиос_П); fold like a lawn chair (Aprilen); backtrack (The former Secretary of State is backtracking on comparisons she made between Russia's Crimea involvement and Hitler's invasion of the Sudetenland. 4uzhoj)
Игорь Миг	back pedal (The government had to back pedal on a number of the most objectionable tax reform measures – mberdy.us.17)
cliche.	back up (igisheva)
dipl.	back out of (Alex_Odeychuk)
idiom.	do a U-turn (Gjarna); make a U-turn (Gjarna); rowing back (thefreedictionary.com cyruss); get cold feet (MichaelBurov)
Makarov.	pull in horns
proverb	draw in one's horns (дословно: Втянуть рожки (об улитке)); draw pull in one's horns
slang	tuck tail (mazurov)
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gen.	chicken out; recede from a position; haul in horns; pull in horns; take water; back-pedal (Anglophile); draw in one's horns (Anglophile); back pedal; crayfish; back out (ssn); cop out; draw in horns; back off (Ремедиос_П); renege (VLZ_58); welsh (on a promise VLZ_58)
Игорь Миг	back down (The authorities had to back down. mberdy.us.17); backtrack
amer., inf.	flake out (VLZ_58)
brit.	bottle out (If you bottle out, you lose your courage at the last moment and do not do something you intended to do. [BRIT, INFORMAL] [V ] I haven't come all this way to bottle out. george serebryakov)
cliche.	back up (igisheva)
fig.	beat a retreat
idiom.	pull out of the deal (SirReal)
inf.	pull out (Clepa); relent (They had refused to pay and relented only after being threatened with a lawsuit. Val_Ships); chicken out
Makarov., slang, amer.	take the water
proverb	draw in one's horns
slang	pig it

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