row back | Idiomator

Meaning: (UK,idiomatic)To change or revise a previous opinion or decision.2013January 19, Paul Harris, “Lance Armstrong faces multi-million dollar legal challenges after confession”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:Indeed, part of the problem was that Armstrong wasrowing backon so much previous behaviour and years of aggressive lambasting of reporters, officials and team-mates who had claimed he was doping. "I don't forgive Lance Armstrong, who lied to me in two interviews. And I suspect most of America won't, either," Kurtz wrote.2022October 5, “Network News: Private sector's role in a publicly-owned railway”, inRAIL, number967, page16:Labour hasrowed backfrom a plan for new rolling stock to be procured and owned in the public sector - with the party's rail spokesman saying it is not a priority.2023October 10, Senay Boztas, “Frans Timmermans urges European left to unite against right’s climate backlash”, inThe Guardian‎[2],→ISSN:Speaking to the Guardian in one of his first campaign interviews, Timmermans said the UK government was one of the countriesrowing backon green pledges.

Examples:

EN: Listen to that row back there.
ES: Escucha esa discusión ahí atrás.
EN: -Let's row back.
ES: - Volvamos.
EN: I left a boat there so I can row back alone.
ES: He dejado una barca allí para poder volver sola.
EN: Left row forward, right row back !
ES: Unos adelante, y otros atrás.
EN: It stopped so I had to row back.
ES: Se paró y he tenido que volver remando.
EN: Well, we won't have to row back this time.
ES: Esta vez no tendremos que remar.
EN: Five thousand pounds for the first West Indian who can row back to Jamaica.
ES: 5.000 libras al primer caribeño que pueda remar hasta Jamaica.
EN: We got a couple oars here, and I gotta tell ya, I'm about just ready to cut my losses and row back to shore.
ES: Aquí hay un par de remos y le confieso que cortaré por lo sano y remaré hacia la orilla.
EN: I'm going to row back there and see if he will shoot you. Or me.
ES: Voy a regresar para ver si te disparan a ti, o a mi.
EN: We'd have to row back! No.
ES: ¡Tendríamos que remar de regreso!
EN: In dead of night, you and I grab some provisions, hijack one of those longboats, and then we row back to Spain like there's no mañana!
ES: Este es el plan. Por la noche... tú y yo cogemos provisiones... tomamos uno de los botes de remos... y luego remamos de regreso a España como locos.
EN: But you won't go, so let's get back into tha boat and row back to Spain.
ES: Pero no quieres ir, así que volvamos al bote... y rememos de regreso a España.
EN: He's got a 12-mile row back to shore, why take time to drink tea?
ES: Tiene que remar 19 km hasta la costa. ¿ Por qué se tomaría tiempo para tomar té?
EN: And I shall row back only when I have found out everything about you.
ES: - Ni a mí. Y sólo remaré de regreso al saber todo acerca de ti.
EN: Me and Styles, some of the lads thought we could row back, take him off, sir.
ES: Yo, Styles y algunos hombres podemos ir y sacarlo de ahí.

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