'V on n' - Construction 7
| Name: | the back-pedal on construction |
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| Description: | A person reverses a previous decision or action. |
| Verbs: | back-pedal, backtrack, compromise, default, flip-flop, prevaricate, procrastinate, rat, renege, soft-pedal, stonewall, waffle, waver, back down, cave in, climb down, go back, hang back |
| Example: | The government has back-pedalled on plans for the compulsory registration… (BNC) |
| Membership: | focus ''on'; person on scope of activity |
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