noun
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The act of backtracking
verb
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To retrace one's steps.
example
I dropped my sunglasses and had to backtrack to find them.
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To repeat or review work already done.
example
If we backtrack through this problem, maybe we can figure out where we went wrong.
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To taxi down an active runway in the opposite direction to that being used for takeoff.
example
Speedbird One: enter and backtrack Runway 27 Left.
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To exercise a racehorse around the racetrack in the opposite direction to that in which races are run.
Examples of backtrack in a Sentence
Every once in a while you'll have to backtrack to grab some gear or hack a computer.
We then backtrack a couple of days to determine the the etiology of Hussein's fate.
After a mishap has occurred, it's too late to backtrack and think about how you should have behaved.
A year in the life of Backtrack Rags to riches boss races to revive.. .
They were quick to backtrack when they saw she was upset, but their persistence annoyed her.
When they realized just how far out on a limb they were they had to quickly backtrack.
They provide you the option to backtrack if you missed something or forgot a desired souvenir.