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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslide.

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Examples

  • The Chinese will threaten the next Administration with "serious consequences" if the U.S. "backslides" on the issue.

    Spero News 2008

  • Of course, the City will react badly if the government backslides on its spending plans.

    The U.K.'s Date with Destiny Simon Nixon 2010

  • If a government backslides or the euro zone slows its pursuit of fiscal union, ECB bond purchases would automatically end.

    How to Save the Euro Adam Lerrick 2011

  • And sometimes there were heartbreaking backslides.

    Of Shoes And Ships And Sealing Wax And Hoarding Stuff And Things | Her Bad Mother 2009

  • Ageha often backslides — after all, exploring emotion is a key part of these kinds of stories — but those who care about her know they do her no favors to indulge her.

    *V.B. Rose — Recommended Series » Manga Worth Reading 2010

  • If he backslides, ringing the bell every fifteen minutes because he wants to go outside to play, you can reintroduce the leash until he figures it out again.

    30 Days to a Well-Mannered Dog Tamar Geller 2010

  • If he backslides, ringing the bell every fifteen minutes because he wants to go outside to play, you can reintroduce the leash until he figures it out again.

    30 Days to a Well-Mannered Dog Tamar Geller 2010

  • If he backslides, ringing the bell every fifteen minutes because he wants to go outside to play, you can reintroduce the leash until he figures it out again.

    30 Days to a Well-Mannered Dog Tamar Geller 2010

  • The only time Max really acts out or backslides into old behaviours, is when he isn't feeling good.

    Minneapolis Here I Come. Kat 2009

  • The only time Max really acts out or backslides into old behaviours, is when he isn't feeling good.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Kat 2009

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