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- Dictionarybacktrack/ˈbaktrak/
verb
- 1. retrace one's steps: "Marilyn backtracked and went down into the basement"
- 2. pursue, trace, or monitor: US "he was able to backtrack the buck to a ridge nearby"
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BACKTRACK definition: 1. to go back along a path that you have just followed: 2. to say that you did not mean something…. Learn more.
1. a. : to retrace one's course. b. : to go back to an earlier point in a sequence. 2. : to reverse a position. Examples of backtrack in a Sentence. The hikers realized they had made a wrong turn and would have to backtrack. Let me backtrack for a moment and pick up our previous conversation.
BACKTRACK meaning: 1. to go back along a path that you have just followed: 2. to say that you did not mean something…. Learn more.
When you backtrack, you return somewhere you've already been, or retrace steps you've already taken. You might backtrack to find something you lost on your way down the sidewalk.
Backtrack definition: to return over the same course or route.. See examples of BACKTRACK used in a sentence.
If you backtrack on a statement or decision you have made, you do or say something that shows that you no longer agree with it or support it. The committee backtracked by scrapping the controversial bonus system.
back·track. (băk′trăk′) 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.
