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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.
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backtrack
(ˈbækˌtræk)vb (intr)
1. to return by the same route by which one has come
2. to retract or reverse one's opinion, action, policy, etc
ˈbackˌtracking n
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back•track
(ˈbækˌtræk)v.i.
1. to return over the same course or route.
2. to withdraw from an undertaking, position, etc.; reverse a policy.
[1715–25, Amer.]
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backtrack
Past participle: backtracked
Gerund: backtracking
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| Verb | 1. |  backtrack - retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"return - go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean" |
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backtrack
verb
1. (often with on) retract, withdraw, retreat, draw back, recant, back-pedal The finance minister backtracked on his decision.
2. retrace your steps, go back, reverse, retreat, move back, back-pedal We had to backtrack to the corner and cross the street.
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backtrack
verbTo move in a reverse direction:
Idiom: retrace one's steps.
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Translations
backtrack
[ˈbæktræk] VI1. (on route, journey) → desandar el camino, dar marcha atrás
2. (fig) (in account, explanation) → ir más atrás, retroceder; (= renege) (on promise, decision) → echarse atrás, dar marcha atrás (on en)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
backtrack
[ˈbækˌtræk] vi (retrace one's steps) → tornare indietro (fig) (backpedal) → fare marcia indietroCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995