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back·track
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verb (used without object)
1.
to return over the same course or route.
2.
to withdraw from an undertaking, position, etc.; reverse a policy.
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Origin:
1715–25,
Americanism
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back
2
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backtrack
(ˈbækˌtræk)
—
vb
1.
to return by the same route by which one has come
2.
to retract or reverse one's opinion, action, policy, etc
'backtracking
—
n
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Word Origin & History
backtrack
"retrace one's steps," 1904, from
back
(adj.) +
track
(v.).
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