We say that politicians “walk back” their positions when they reverse course. But the first to “walk back” was a sailor—followed by a cat.
Linguist and lexicographer Ben Zimmer analyzes the origins of words in the news.
Read previous columnsAfter President Biden made an off-the-cuff remark in a speech in Warsaw last Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power,” his staff went into damage-control mode. As The Wall Street Journal, a White House official swiftly “walked back” the comment. Mr. Biden’s point, the official said, was that Mr. Putin “cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region,” adding that the president wasn’t advocating regime change.
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