| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I backpedal |
| you backpedal |
| he/she/it backpedals |
| we backpedal |
| you all backpedal |
| they backpedal |
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| I am backpedaling |
| you are backpedaling |
| he/she/it is backpedaling |
| we are backpedaling |
| you all are backpedaling |
| they are backpedaling |
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| I have backpedaled |
| you have backpedaled |
| he/she/it has backpedaled |
| we have backpedaled |
| you all have backpedaled |
| they have backpedaled |
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| I have been backpedaling |
| you have been backpedaling |
| he/she/it has been backpedaling |
| we have been backpedaling |
| you all have been backpedaling |
| they have been backpedaling |
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| Past |
| I backpedaled |
| you backpedaled |
| he/she/it backpedaled |
| we backpedaled |
| you all backpedaled |
| they backpedaled |
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| I was backpedaling |
| you were backpedaling |
| he/she/it was backpedaling |
| we were backpedaling |
| you all were backpedaling |
| they were backpedaling |
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| I had backpedaled |
| you had backpedaled |
| he/she/it had backpedaled |
| we had backpedaled |
| you all had backpedaled |
| they had backpedaled |
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| I had been backpedaling |
| you had been backpedaling |
| he/she/it had been backpedaling |
| we had been backpedaling |
| you all had been backpedaling |
| they had been backpedaling |
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| Future |
| I will backpedal |
| you will backpedal |
| he/she/it will backpedal |
| we will backpedal |
| you all will backpedal |
| they will backpedal |
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| I will be backpedaling |
| you will be backpedaling |
| he/she/it will be backpedaling |
| we are backpedaling |
| you all will be backpedaling |
| they will be backpedaling |
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| I will have backpedaled |
| you will have backpedaled |
| he/she/it will have backpedaled |
| we will have backpedaled |
| you all will have backpedaled |
| they will have backpedaled |
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| I will have been backpedaling |
| you will have been backpedaling |
| he/she/it will have been backpedaling |
| we will have been backpedaling |
| you all will have been backpedaling |
| they will have been backpedaling |
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