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backslides - definition and meaning
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verb backslide .
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The Chinese will threaten the next Administration with "serious consequences" if the U.S. "backslides " on the issue.
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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.
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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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