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backtrack
[ bak-trak ]
verb (used without object)
- to return over the same course or route.
- to withdraw from an undertaking, position, etc.; reverse a policy.
backtrack
/ ˈbækˌtræk /
verb
- to return by the same route by which one has come
- to retract or reverse one's opinion, action, policy, etc
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Derived Forms
- ˈbackˌtracking, noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of backtrack1
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Example Sentences
That will be immensely difficult if Mr. Modi continues to backtrack on economic reform.
“The amount of time you spend at the gym is not enough time to backtrack in your waist training,” she says.
As a wave of revulsion spread across the internet, he began to backtrack.
Words just spill out of her mouth too quickly and she has to backtrack.
He tried to backtrack and get the last words that Crowley should have given him.
Following their backtrack through the forest, therefore, they proceeded towards the place where they had left their horses.
To-morrow I'll sell the grub and backtrack to the coast to guard it.
Loring realized he had made a mistake and tried to backtrack.
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