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Russian
Etymology
Literally, “to go onto the reverse (path, way etc.)”. Alteration of идти́ на попя́тный (idtí na popjátnyj). Overtook идти́ на попя́тный (idtí na popjátnyj) in usage in the second half of the 20th century.
Pronunciation
Verb
идти́ на попя́тную • (idtí na popjátnuju) impf (perfective пойти́ на попя́тную)
- (literary) to back down, to back out, to backtrack, to backpedal, to reverse course, to fold, to compromise, to go back on one's word
- Synonyms: отка́зываться (otkázyvatʹsja), отступа́ть (otstupátʹ), отступа́ться (otstupátʹsja)
- Прави́тельства ре́дко идёт на попя́тную по́сле тако́го. ― Pravítelʹstva rédko idjót na popjátnuju pósle takóvo. ― Governments rarely back down after something like this.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
идти на попятную: see
идти́