backpedal
backpedal.01 - to retreat or withdraw
BACKPEDAL-V NOTES: Frames file for 'backpedal' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from backpedal.01-v predicate notes)Aliases:
backpedal (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: entity retreating, agent
ARG1-PPT: thing backpedaled on
ARG1-PPT: thing backpedaled on
gerund
The chief economist of Merrill Lynch & Co. finds himself in such a position as
heARG0
buzzes the Midwest on his first road trip since backpedalingrel
on a major predictionARG1
.