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backtrack (verb)

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  • backtrack — ► VERB 1) retrace one s steps. 2) reverse one s previous position or opinion …   English terms dictionary

  • backtrack — verb 1》 retrace one s steps.     ↘reverse one s previous position or opinion. 2》 US pursue; track …   English new terms dictionary

  • backtrack — verb (I) 1 to change your beliefs, statements etc so that they are not as strong as they were earlier: Clinton seems to be backtracking on his policy on Bosnia. 2 to return by the same way that you came …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • backtrack — [[t]bæ̱ktræk[/t]] backtracks, backtracking, backtracked also back track 1) VERB 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… …   English dictionary

  • backtrack — UK [ˈbækˌtræk] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms backtrack : present tense I/you/we/they backtrack he/she/it backtracks present participle backtracking past tense backtracked past participle backtracked 1) to change your intentions, so that you …   English dictionary

  • backtrack — 1. noun the act of backtracking 2. verb a) to retrace ones steps I dropped my sunglasses and had to backtrack to find them. b) to repeat or review work already done …   Wiktionary

  • backtrack — back|track [ bæk,træk ] verb intransitive 1. ) to go back in the direction from which you have come 2. ) to change your intentions, so that you become less willing or less likely to do something that you said you would do: backtrack on: The… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • backtrack — intransitive verb Date: 1904 1. a. to retrace one s course b. to go back to an earlier point in a sequence 2. to reverse a position …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • backtrack — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To move in a reverse direction: back, backpedal, fall back, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, retrogress. Idiom: retrace one s steps. See FORWARD …   English dictionary for students

  • backtrack — [ˈbækˌtræk] verb [I] 1) to show that you have become less likely to do something that you said you would do The government is backtracking on its commitment to increase spending.[/ex] 2) to go back in the direction from which you have come …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • backtrack — I. /ˈbæktræk / (say baktrak) verb (i) 1. to return over the same course or route. 2. to withdraw from an undertaking, position, etc.; pursue a reverse policy. {US (early 1800s); back2 + track1} –backtracker, noun II. /ˈbæktræk / (say baktrak) …  

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