backtrack

Meaning

Noun

the act of backtracking

Verb

1. To retrace one's steps.
2. To repeat or review work already done.
3. To taxi down an active runway in the opposite direction to that being used for takeoff.
4. To exercise a racehorse around the racetrack in the opposite direction to that in which races are run.
5. To go back on or withdraw a statement.

Synonyms

double back

go backwards

turn back

retrace

give up

deflect

follow

go after

hunt

persecute

recant

regress

renounce

retrogress

return

rotate

shift

swerve

swing about

swivel

track

turn

turn around

turn away

turn in

turn off

veer

wheel

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backpedal

wheel around

change state

translate

swing around

back-pedal

bend

chase

convert

Translations

retroceder

revenir sur ses pas

zurückverfolgen

Zurückgehen

οπισθοδρόμηση

faire marche arrière

poursuivre

pourchasser

revenir

retourner sur ses pas

zurückziehen

retour arrière

analizzare

fare marcia indietro

Rückzug

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbæk.tɹæk/

Etymology

From back + track.