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单词 to take the back track
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to take the back track
A track lying or leading towards the rear; esp. in to take the back track, to return or retreat; also figurative.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > track, trail, or path > [noun] > back
back track1724
back trail1869
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > turn back or retrace one's steps
charec1000
i-cherrec1000
again-wendOE
again-turna1375
to turn backc1425
reflect1608
redambulate1623
to tread back one's steps1777
back track1802
to try back1816
back-track1904
back-trail1907
1724 in H. S. Nourse Early Rec. Lancaster, Mass. (1884) 230 We..kept scouts upon our back tracks to see if there would any pursue.
1802 Balance (Hudson, N.Y.) 6 Apr. 106 I must have been taking the course which hunters would call the Back Track.
1829 Massachusetts Spy 14 Jan. The dogs, although on a back track of the animal, were fortunately in hearing at the time.
1834 W. G. Simms Guy Rivers I. 88 You know the back track to my house.
1837 R. M. Bird Nick of Woods II. 105 I'll take the back~track, and foller after madam.
1846 R. B. Sage Scenes Rocky Mts. (1859) 44 Two of our party..wisely resolved to take the back track, and accordingly left for home.
1869 Congress. 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.
1892 Congress. Globe June App. 444/2 You are arresting progress and taking the back track on civilization.
1928 ‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up Country (1966) v. 52 There was a mountainous back track by which horsemen could avoid the big stream.
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