BACKTRACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does backtrack mean? 

• BACKTRACK (verb)
  The verb BACKTRACK has 1 sense:

1. retrace one's course

  Familiarity information: BACKTRACK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACKTRACK (verb)

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

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

backtrack; double back; turn back

Context example:

The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back

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

 Context examples 

Let’s backtrack to earlier in the month, now.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Backtracking the path through IceCube indicated where in the sky the neutrino came from, and automated alerts notified astronomers around the globe to search this region for flares or outbursts that could be associated with the event.

(NASA’s Fermi Traces Source of Cosmic Neutrino to Monster Black Hole, NASA)

Let me backtrack a moment, for you will enjoy a different professional day before the Christmas Day eclipse arrives.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

For example, perhaps a trusted worker announced a departure, or a client completely changed the direction of a project, causing a lot of backtracking.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Backtracking now, you also have an interesting full moon on December 11 in your seventh house of marriage (or for establishing a solid business partnership) that might explain the powerful emphasis on money that you have this month.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Backtracking a little, during the first week of February, Venus will be in Pisces, a placement that is considered ideal for Venus, for Venus exerts her greatest powers of love and magnetism when traveling in Pisces.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)