backtracking

back·track

(băk′trăk′)

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

(ˈbækˌtræk)

vb (intr)

1. to return by the same route by which one has come

2. to retract or reverse one's opinion, action, policy, etc

ˈbackˌtracking n

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back•track

(ˈbækˌtræk)

v.i.

1. to return over the same course or route.

2. to withdraw from an undertaking, position, etc.; reverse a policy.

[1715–25, Amer.]

backtrack

Past participle: backtracked
Gerund: backtracking

Imperative
backtrack
backtrack

Present
I backtrack
you backtrack
he/she/it backtracks
we backtrack
you backtrack
they backtrack

Preterite
I backtracked
you backtracked
he/she/it backtracked
we backtracked
you backtracked
they backtracked

Present Continuous
I am backtracking
you are backtracking
he/she/it is backtracking
we are backtracking
you are backtracking
they are backtracking

Present Perfect
I have backtracked
you have backtracked
he/she/it has backtracked
we have backtracked
you have backtracked
they have backtracked

Past Continuous
I was backtracking
you were backtracking
he/she/it was backtracking
we were backtracking
you were backtracking
they were backtracking

Past Perfect
I had backtracked
you had backtracked
he/she/it had backtracked
we had backtracked
you had backtracked
they had backtracked

Future
I will backtrack
you will backtrack
he/she/it will backtrack
we will backtrack
you will backtrack
they will backtrack

Future Perfect
I will have backtracked
you will have backtracked
he/she/it will have backtracked
we will have backtracked
you will have backtracked
they will have backtracked

Future Continuous
I will be backtracking
you will be backtracking
he/she/it will be backtracking
we will be backtracking
you will be backtracking
they will be backtracking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been backtracking
you have been backtracking
he/she/it has been backtracking
we have been backtracking
you have been backtracking
they have been backtracking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been backtracking
you will have been backtracking
he/she/it will have been backtracking
we will have been backtracking
you will have been backtracking
they will have been backtracking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been backtracking
you had been backtracking
he/she/it had been backtracking
we had been backtracking
you had been backtracking
they had been backtracking

Conditional
I would backtrack
you would backtrack
he/she/it would backtrack
we would backtrack
you would backtrack
they would backtrack

Past Conditional
I would have backtracked
you would have backtracked
he/she/it would have backtracked
we would have backtracked
you would have backtracked
they would have backtracked

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb

backtrack - 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

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backtrack

verb

To move in a reverse direction:

Idiom: retrace one's steps.

Translations

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