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BACKTRACK
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they backtrack ... he / she / it backtracks
Past simple: backtracked
Past participle: backtracked
-ing form: backtracking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Retrace one's course
Example:
The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back
Synonyms:
backtrack; double back; turn back
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "backtrack" is one way to...):
return (go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
