Backtrack

Noun

Definitionen

1.NounThe act of backtracking.

2.VerbTo retrace one's steps.

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

3.VerbTo repeat or review work already done.

"If we backtrack through this problem, maybe we can figure out where we went wrong."

4.VerbTo taxi down an active runway in the opposite direction to that being used for takeoff.

"Speedbird One: enter and backtrack Runway 27 Left."

5.VerbTo exercise a racehorse around the racetrack in the opposite direction to that in which races are run.

6.VerbTo go back on or withdraw a statement.

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