To 'backpedal' in a fight is just what you think it means - backing up from an opponent in an attempt to avoid an attack.

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Backpedal

Kagome worried at her lower lip as the camera's flash went off. The medical examiner's assistant waited with patience as the tech finished his photographs and then rolled the corpse they'd identified as Moryomaru into the body bag.

"They sent someone who could manage this job, at least. Half horse demon, I guess," Miroku said. When she didn't reply, he gave her a sidelong glance. "We'll find Sesshoumaru."

"Before or after we issue his arrest warrant for murder?"

Her partner sighed. "I don't know," he said.

She stood, shoving her hands into her pockets. "I'm going back to the car."