backtrack
pronunciation
How to pronounce backtrack in British English:
UK [ˈbæktræk]
How to pronounce backtrack in American English:
US [ˈbækˌtræk]
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- Verb:
- retrace one's course
Word Origin
- backtrack (v.)
- "retrace one's steps," figuratively, by 1896, from literal sense, with reference to hunted foxes, from back (adv.) + track (v.). Related: Backtracked; backtracking.
Example
- 1. Put that phone down and don 't backtrack !
- 2. There 's just one snag : I 'm not sure he wants to backtrack .
- 3. Do not ask whether we should backtrack , ask how we can blaze a new trail .
- 4. Let 's take this trail to the summit and backtrack to the campsite .
- 5. I 'm going to backtrack some of the side roads .