Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to backstep
Participle: backstepped
Gerund: backstepping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | backstep |
| you | backstep |
| he;she;it | backsteps |
| we | backstep |
| you | backstep |
| they | backstep |
Perfect
| I | have backstepped |
| you | have backstepped |
| he;she;it | has backstepped |
| we | have backstepped |
| you | have backstepped |
| they | have backstepped |
Past
| I | backstepped |
| you | backstepped |
| he;she;it | backstepped |
| we | backstepped |
| you | backstepped |
| they | backstepped |
Pluperfect
| I | had backstepped |
| you | had backstepped |
| he;she;it | had backstepped |
| we | had backstepped |
| you | had backstepped |
| they | had backstepped |
Future
| I | will backstep |
| you | will backstep |
| he;she;it | will backstep |
| we | will backstep |
| you | will backstep |
| they | will backstep |
Future Perfect
| I | will have backstepped |
| you | will have backstepped |
| he;she;it | will have backstepped |
| we | will have backstepped |
| you | will have backstepped |
| they | will have backstepped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | backstep |
| you | backstep |
| he;she;it | backstep |
| we | backstep |
| you | backstep |
| they | backstep |
Perfect
| I | have backstepped |
| you | have backstepped |
| he;she;it | have backstepped |
| we | have backstepped |
| you | have backstepped |
| they | have backstepped |
Imperfect
| I | backstepped |
| you | backstepped |
| he;she;it | backstepped |
| we | backstepped |
| you | backstepped |
| they | backstepped |
Pluperfect
| I | had backstepped |
| you | had backstepped |
| he;she;it | had backstepped |
| we | had backstepped |
| you | had backstepped |
| they | had backstepped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would backstep |
| you | would backstep |
| he;she;it | would backstep |
| we | would backstep |
| you | would backstep |
| they | would backstep |
Perfect
| I | would have backstepped |
| you | would have backstepped |
| he;she;it | would have backstepped |
| we | would have backstepped |
| you | would have backstepped |
| they | would have backstepped |
Imperative
| you | backstep |
| we | Let's backstep |
| you | backstep |
Verbs conjugated like 'backstep'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'backstep'
backstop,
backset,
backslap,
backstab,
airstep,
backbite,
backdate,
backdrop,
backflip,
backheel,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From back + step.
Sample Sentences
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Tony's smile departed his face and sadness became him. Pete began to backstep his words. He was filled with remorse over what he had asked the Corporal and was quick to reassure Tony that she was there, waiting. [2013, Dennis Baker, Restless Hearts:]
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Le Vau is responsible for the jutting central core, while the wings that backstep so elegantly were designed Hardouin-Mansart. [2001, Giovanna Magi, All Paris, →ISBN, page 122:]
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As seen elsewhere in the North Sea, transgression continued in the Late Jurassic, causing shorelines to backstep, with coeval deposition of the Heno Formation clastics and Lola Formation claystones. [2009, Kw Glennie, Petroleum Geology of the North Sea: Basic Concepts and Recent Advances:]
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In some localities the bank margins of several cycles are stacked above each other^([sic]), in other places they backstep or prograde relative to each other. [1992, R.H Workum, A.S. Hedinger, Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 2509, page 41:]
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Robust adaptive backstepping control algorithms are developed for state feedback tracking of a class of uncertain dynamic nonlinear systems preceded by unknown dead-zone nonlinearities, in the presence of bounded external disturbances. [2008, Jing Zhou, Changyun Wen, Adaptive Backstepping Control of Uncertain Systems, →ISBN, page 165:]