'V from n' - Construction 7

Name: the backtrack from construction
Description: A person chooses not to do something they had previously decided to do.
Verbs: back-pedal, backtrack, depart, deviate, digress, waver, back away, back off, get away, pull back, turn away
Example: …a tough opponent who rarely deviated from her game plan… (BNC)
Membership: literal movement; reaction 'from'; reaction-material
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