backtrack — If you backtrack on a statement or decision you have made, you do or say something that shows that you no longer agree with it or support it.
back down — If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
recant — to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
back off — If you back off, you move away in order to avoid problems or a fight.
fall back — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
retract — to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, especially formally or explicitly; take back.
about-face — An about-face is a complete change of attitude or opinion.
back — If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
change — If there is a change in something, it becomes different.
turn back — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
double — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
return — to go or come back, as to a former place, position, or state: to return from abroad; to return to public office; to return to work.
double back — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.