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Synonyms for back pedal
verb change mind

reconsider
renege
take back
back out of

change opinion
default on
do a U-turn
do an about-face

fail to honor
go back on
go into reverse
have second thoughts

sing a different song
shift one’s ground

Synonyms
verb back off

balk
renege
backtrack
take back
cancel
concede
back out
admit
withdraw

abandon
pull out
back off
surrender
retreat
give in
accede
acquiesce
bow out

chicken out
cop out
demur
hold back
recant
recoil
resign
submit
yield

cave in
pull back
give up
beg off
give ground
go back on
have no fight left
wimp out
withdraw from agreement or statement

Antonyms

permit
uphold
dispute
dissent

refuse
reject
allow
fight

advance
go forward

Synonyms
verb withdraw

cancel
back down
surrender
renege
avoid
chicken out

cop out
recant
resign
scratch
welsh
give up

beg off
blow it off
get cold feet
go back on
shy from
throw in the towel

weasel out
wiggle out
worm out

Synonyms
verb back down

chicken out
avoid
back down
back out
bow out
cancel
cop out
make concessions

pull out
recant
renege
resign
scratch
surrender
welsh
withdraw

yield
beg off
blow it off
funk out
get cold feet
give up
give way
go back on

have no stomach for
shy from
throw in the towel
turn yellow
weasel out
wiggle out
wimp out
worm out