retrace
/ɹiːˈtɹeɪs/ verb C1- To trace (a line, etc. in drawing) again.
- To go back over something, usually in an attempt at rediscovery. · He retraced his steps, and found his keys where he had dropped them.
- To undergo retracement.
He/she/it retraces · Past retraced · Past participle retraced · -ing form retracing
Verb forms
- Base form
- retrace
- He/she/it
- retraces
- Past
- retraced
- Past participle
- retraced
- -ing form
- retracing
From the library
The Peddler retraced his steps and refilled his panniers with a larger quantity of salt than before.
More puzzled than ever, I retraced my steps to Kensington.
“It’s a thousand to one against our finding him at the house,” he continued as we retraced our steps swiftly down the path.
While retracing the past, I forget the present; and traversing at will the path of history I cease to remember that I am myself a prisoner.”
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