to backtrack

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to retrace one's steps

I dropped my sunglasses and had to backtrack to find them.

To taxi down an active runway in the opposite direction to that being used for takeoff

Speedbird One: Enter and backtrack Runway 27 Left.

the act of backtracking
If you backtrack, you go back along a path or route you have just used. Leonard jumped in his car and started backtracking We had to backtrack to the corner and cross the street
To draw blood up into a syringe so as to see if the needle has hit the vein; cf Flag
{f} go backwards; retrace one's footsteps or path
A spoken or written review or summary of information, usually to build / maintain rapport and to invite revision or correction
If you backtrack in an account or explanation, you talk about things which happened before the ones you were previously talking about. Can we just backtrack a little bit and look at your primary and secondary education?
retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back
In Help Manager, a button and Navigate menu item you use to follow links backward, in the reverse order they were traversed
If you backtrack on a statement or decision you have made, you do or say something that shows that you no longer agree with it or support it. The committee backtracked by scrapping the controversial bonus system The finance minister backtracked on his decision. = back-pedal + backtracking back·track·ing He promised there would be no backtracking on policies
to repeat or review work already done
A review both verbal and non-verbal, of the last portion of a discussion, presentation or set of instructions
Navigation of a route in reverse order from the last position fix in succession to the first Reverse of navigating a route in normal sequence
to retrace ones steps
to backtrack

    Hyphenation

    to back·track

    Turkish pronunciation

    tı bäkträk

    Pronunciation

    /tə ˈbakˌtrak/ /tə ˈbækˌtræk/
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