What part of speech is backpedalling?

Backpedalling can be categorized as a verb.

Parts of speech

1. backpedalling is a verb, gerund of backpedal (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

Infinitive

Present

Simple Past

Past Participle

Gerund
(to) backpedal

backpedal / backpedals

backpedaled / backpedalled

backpedaled / backpedalled

backpedaling / backpedalling

Infinitive: (to) backpedal
Present: backpedal / backpedals
Simple Past: backpedaled / backpedalled
Past Participle: (have) backpedaled / backpedalled
Gerund: backpedaling / backpedalling

Examples of backpedalling

#		Sentence
1.	verb	At this point, our IT contacts are backpedalling a bit and suggesting they can overcome the TIBCO and Terminal Server problems.

Sentence
verb
At this point, our IT contacts are backpedalling a bit and suggesting they can overcome the TIBCO and Terminal Server problems.

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