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backslide
English
Etymology
back +? slide
Verb
backslide (third-person singular simple present backslides, present participle backsliding, simple past backslid or backslided, past participle backslidden or backslid or backslided)
- To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
- 1893, George Eliot, George Eliot's Works - Volume 7 - Page 233
- Monna Brigida, who had backslided into false hair in Romola's absence, but now drew it off again and declared she would not mind being gray, if her dear child would stay with her.
- He felt better for a little while, before his condition started to backslide.
- 1893, George Eliot, George Eliot's Works - Volume 7 - Page 233
- To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.
- Rich countries are backsliding on their commitment to agree to new WTO measures to help people in poor countries gain access to affordable medicines. — Oxfam press release, 24 June 2002
Derived terms
- backslider
- backsliding (adjective, noun)
Translations
Noun
backslide (plural backslides)
- A backward regression; a reverting back to a worse state.
- A dance move in which the feet are alternately slid back and the heels lifted, giving the illusion of walking forwards while actually moving backwards; later popularly called the moonwalk.
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backseat
English
Etymology
From back +? seat
Noun
backseat (plural backseats)
- Alternative spelling of back seat
Anagrams
- back east, seatback, set aback
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