backtrack

1. To retrace one's steps. · I dropped my sunglasses and had to backtrack to find them.
2. To repeat or review work already done. · If we backtrack through this problem, maybe we can figure out where we went wrong.
3. To taxi down an active runway in the opposite direction to that being used for takeoff. · Speedbird One: enter and backtrack Runway 27 Left.
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. · After enormous public outrage, the government backtracked on its proposed ban.

He/she/it backtracks · الماضي backtracked · التصريف الثالث (اسم المفعول) backtracked · صيغة -ing backtracking