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walk back

verb
  1. To withdraw or backpedal on a statement or promise. (transitive)
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see walk, back.
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The man said, in a low voice: “I wish—I wish you to spare me the walk back to Paris.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 681 · C1

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