Today’s “Word of the Day” is “row back” and it is a phrasal verb meaning “change one’s mind, change one’s opinion, do a U-turn, reconsider; renege on, back down on, go back on, withdraw, backtrack on.
Example Sentence: Over the weekend, US Democrats overcame months of political struggle to pass the Inflation Reduction Act in the Senate, marking a major victory for the president, Joe Biden, and for “Bidenomics” before the US midterms… Winning political support for the act has required rowing back on climate ambition and more extensive plans to reduce costs for families;… For this reason, the act will and already has come under intense criticism from activists and climate groups.
This word is present in The Guardian article While Biden is tackling inflation and shaping a green economy for the US, Britain is being left behind and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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