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back track, n. Chiefly U.S.
[back a.]
A track lying or leading towards the rear; esp. in phr. to take the back track, to return or retreat; also fig.
1724in Lancaster Rec. (1884) 230 We..kept scouts upon our back tracks to see if there would any pursue. 1802Balance (Hudson, N.Y.) 6 Apr. 106 (Th.), I must have been taking the course which hunters would call the Back Track. 1837R. M. Bird Nick of Woods II. 105 I'll take the back⁓track, and foller after madam. 1869Congress. Globe Feb. 1606/1 We all have occasionally to take the back track. None of us are so proud as never to confess that we are wrong. 1892Ibid. June, App. 444/2 You are arresting progress and taking the back track on civilization. 1928‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up the Country (1966) v. 52 There was a mountainous back track by which horsemen could avoid the big stream. |