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The Clue

Back-pedaled (9 letter answer)

The Answer

RETREATED

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Notes

The answer RETREATED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.

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Fell back
Headed for the hills
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Definition

RETREATED as a noun:

1. people who have retreated; "he had only contempt for the retreated"

RETREAT as a verb:

1. (withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back) = pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
2. move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"
3. (retrograde, retreat) = move back; "The glacier retrogrades"
4. (retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw) = make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"