row back

Meaning

1. to change an earlier statement, opinion or promise

   The government is now trying to row back on its commitments.

In the movies · 7

• Hey, hey. Fifth row back with the fancy hat.Wedding Crashers2005
• You get to row us back to shore.The Boys in the Boat2023
• There was a little girl about two rows back. What was her name?The Blind Side2009
• Back row, right next to the Blues.High Fidelity2000
• And she was sitting way up in the back row.Before Midnight2013
• That's the way you'd have to go. And then, everyone will see it in the back row when he puts it on my finger.Midnight in Paris2011
• His name is Mason, he's sitting in the back row.Boyhood2014

From the same entry

• in a row
• get your ducks in a row