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back·track  (bktrk)
intr.v. back·tracked, back·track·ing, back·tracks
1. To go back over the course by which one has come.
2. To return to a previous point or subject, as in a lecture or discussion.
3. To reverse one's position or policy.

backtrack
Verb
1. to go back along the same route one has just travelled
2. to retract or reverse one's opinion or policy
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Verb1.backtrackbacktrack - retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
return - go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"

backtrack
verb 1. (often with on) retract, withdraw, retreat, draw back, recant
verb 2. retrace your steps, go back, reverse, retreat, move back, back-pedal
Translations
German backtrack [ˈbæktræk] vi (fig) → einen Rückzieher machen

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The very real prospect that Latin America will now be backtracking on its reform agenda could not come at a worse time for the region.
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