An instance of reversing an earlier decision or previously held opinion.
the government was forced into yet more rowbacks on budget cuts
Example sentencesExamples
Is this what you meant when you told us about rowback?
Many publications prefer to correct the record via "rowback."
Some journalists avoid the subterfuge of rowback altogether by ignoring their major errors and motoring on to the next subject.
It's a huge rowback and a difficult one for consumers to take.
If it's true, it's about as galactically craven and poll driven a rowback as I've ever heard.
"The principles of the EU is that people have the right to move goods around without hindrance and there's been a rowback in that position by Britain," said the spokesman.
He used the Belfast Press conference to explain the wider reasons for his rowback in the case by appealing over the heads of the Garda to the general public.
Synonyms
reintroduce, re-establish, reinstall, reinstate, reinstitute, relaunch, revive, resuscitate, resurrect, breathe new life into
Definition of rowback in US English:
rowback
nounˈrōbak
An instance of reversing an earlier decision or previously held opinion.
the government was forced into yet more rowbacks on budget cuts
Example sentencesExamples
It's a huge rowback and a difficult one for consumers to take.
If it's true, it's about as galactically craven and poll driven a rowback as I've ever heard.
"The principles of the EU is that people have the right to move goods around without hindrance and there's been a rowback in that position by Britain," said the spokesman.
Many publications prefer to correct the record via "rowback."
He used the Belfast Press conference to explain the wider reasons for his rowback in the case by appealing over the heads of the Garda to the general public.
Is this what you meant when you told us about rowback?
Some journalists avoid the subterfuge of rowback altogether by ignoring their major errors and motoring on to the next subject.
Synonyms
reintroduce, re-establish, reinstall, reinstate, reinstitute, relaunch, revive, resuscitate, resurrect, breathe new life into