backtrack
/ˈbæk.tɹæk/ verb C2- To retrace one's steps. · I dropped my sunglasses and had to backtrack to find them.
- To repeat or review work already done. · If we backtrack through this problem, maybe we can figure out where we went wrong.
- To taxi down an active runway in the opposite direction to that being used for takeoff. · Speedbird One: enter and backtrack Runway 27 Left.
- To exercise a racehorse around the racetrack in the opposite direction to that in which races are run.
- To go back on or withdraw a statement. · After enormous public outrage, the government backtracked on its proposed ban.
He/she/it backtracks · Past backtracked · Past participle backtracked · -ing form backtracking
Verb forms
- Base form
- backtrack
- He/she/it
- backtracks
- Past
- backtracked
- Past participle
- backtracked
- -ing form
- backtracking
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