walk back the cat (English, verb)
expansion: walk back the cat (third-person singular simple present walks back the cat, present participle walking back the cat, simple past and past participle walked back the cat)
Senses:
qualifier: intelligence
glosses: To retrace events so as to determine where an operation went wrong and who was responsible.
topics: diplomacy
government
politics
glosses: To back down; to adopt a position where one is more willing to compromise.
Forms:
form: walks back the cat
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: walking back the cat
tags: participle
present
form: walked back the cat
tags: participle
past
form: walked back the cat
tags: past