row back
(UK, idiomatic) To change or revise a previous opinion or decision.
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(UK, idiomatic) To change or revise a previous opinion or decision.
Indeed, part of the problem was that Armstrong was rowing back on so much previous behaviour and years of aggressive lambasting of reporters, officials and team-mates who had claimed he was doping. "I don't forgive Lance Armstrong, who l…
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