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gen.	crayfish; off; crawfish; go back on one's word (Anglophile); retrace one's steps; cry off; back-pedal (The protests have forced the government to back-pedal on the new tax. OALD. Medvedev quickly back-pedaled, writing on Twitter that the half-a-million fine would only apply to drunk drivers. TMT Alexander Demidov)
Gruzovik	back-track; back off
Игорь Миг	back pedal; cave in; backtrack
amer.	back down (We will not back down on the decision to strike. Val_Ships)
cliche.	back up (igisheva)
fig.	beat a retreat
Gruzovik, inf.	chicken out
inf.	scratch; chicken out; go back on one’s word
Makarov.	back off; back water; back-pedal
Makarov., inf.	scratch off; scratch out
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gen.	walk back; back-pedal (Anglophile); back down (bookworm); go back on one's word (Anglophile); crayfish (Баян); be in retreat (A.Rezvov)
Gruzovik	back-track; backtrack
Игорь Миг	have a reverse gear; back pedal
austral., slang	rat on
cliche.	back up (igisheva)
fig.	backpedal
fig.of.sp.	backtrack (Leonid Dzhepko); beat a hasty retreat (Leonid Dzhepko); back out (Leonid Dzhepko)
Gruzovik, fig.	beat a retreat
Gruzovik, inf.	chicken out
idiom.	back away (Ася Кудрявцева); get cold feet (MichaelBurov)
inf.	to chicken out (двор); go back on word; go back on one’s word
Makarov.	draw in one's horns
O&G, sahk.r.	to backpedal (to back off)
O&G, sakh.	back off; to backpedal (to back off)

идти на попятный: 11 phrases in 3 subjects

General	7
Informal	2
Rhetoric	2