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- noun One who, or that which,
backtracks .
Etymologies
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Examples
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That is - more important than the South American ex-President calling for insurrection in his country, the Goldman Sachs profits BAD BAD BAD, the English backtracker found in OZ, the Sottomeyer hearings etc etc etc.
Breaking the Silence 2009
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A prebacktracker is someone who chooses not to die, but to become a backtracker instead.
HH Com 394 Miss Snark 2006
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How do you reconcile the “irreformable” teaching of Pius IX, the IDiotic pope, with the teaching on evolution of John Paul II, the backtracker?
Cardinal backs evolution and "intelligent design" - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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How Yudhoyono finesses the balance between those competing demands will largely define the next phase of Indonesia's political transition, including his legacy as a democratic reformer or backtracker.
Asia Times Online 2009
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That’s ok, Liebershit’s been shown to be a flip-flopper/backtracker in an even worse way in how he has supported Rumsfeld one time and then – during an election season, of course – calling for his resignation/firing.
Think Progress » FACT CHECK: Ned Lamont Does Not Support ‘Immediate Withdrawal’ From Iraq 2006
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