backtrack (redirected from backtracking)

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.

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backtrack

Verb

1. to go back along the same route one has just travelled

2. to retract or reverse one's opinion or policy

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

backtrack - retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back" double back, 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"

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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

backtrack [ˈbæktræk] vi (fig) → einen Rückzieher machen