The Clue
Back-pedaled (9 letter answer)
The Answer
RETREATED
Tags
Notes
The answer RETREATED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
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"