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back⋅track

[bak-trak]
–verb (used without object)
1. to return over the same course or route.
2. to withdraw from an undertaking, position, etc.; reverse a policy.

Origin:
1715–25, Americanism; back 2 + track
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back·track   (bāk'trāk')   
intr.v.   back·tracked, back·track·ing, back·tracks
  1. To go back over the course by which one has come.

  2. To return to a previous point or subject, as in a lecture or discussion.

  3. To reverse one's position or policy.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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