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backtrackback‧track /ˈbæktræk/ verb [intransitive] VERB TABLEbacktrack |
Present | I, you, we, they | backtrack | | he, she, it | backtracks | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | backtracked | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have backtracked | | he, she, it | has backtracked | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had backtracked | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will backtrack | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have backtracked |
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Present | I | am backtracking | | he, she, it | is backtracking | | you, we, they | are backtracking | Past | I, he, she, it | was backtracking | | you, we, they | were backtracking | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been backtracking | | he, she, it | has been backtracking | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been backtracking | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be backtracking | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been backtracking |
- Don't worry about backtracking on a bad decision.
- If union leaders start to backtrack now, they'll lose their supporters.
- The President seems to be backtracking on some of his election promises.
- There is increased pressure on Congress to backtrack on some of the welfare cuts imposed last year.
- Clinton backtracked and apologized the next day, and never raised the question again.
- Quinn backtracked in his mind to the beginning of the case.
- Since returning from his Easter break in Florida he has bungled and backtracked even in his fief, the Senate.
- There should be a system allowing users to backtrack over previous links.
- This makes it very easy to backtrack your session.
- Whitney Hedgepeth started her real life a couple of years ago, then backtracked.
to change your decisions, intentions, or plans► change your mind · No, I'm not going out tonight. I've changed my mind.· What if she changes her mind and doesn't turn up?change your mind about · If you change your mind about the job, just give me a call.· Barry hadn't changed his mind about leaving. ► have second thoughts to feel less sure about something that you intended to do, and begin to think that it may not be a good idea: · Couples contemplating divorce often have second thoughts when they realize how it will affect their children.have second thoughts about: · It was obvious that the company was having second thoughts about the whole project. ► get cold feet informal to suddenly feel that you are not brave enough to do something that you intended to do: · A month before the wedding Rose seemed nervous and anxious, and I wondered if she was getting cold feet.· Some investors got cold feet, and pulled out of the project at the last minute. ► backtrack to change your mind about something you have publicly promised to do, by saying that you will only do part of it or that you might not do it at all: · If union leaders start to backtrack now, they'll lose their supporters.backtrack on: · The President seems to be backtracking on some of his election promises.· There is increased pressure on Congress to backtrack on some of the welfare cuts imposed last year. 1to change an opinion or promise that you gave so that it is not as strong as it was earlier → backpedalbacktrack on The president is backtracking on his promise to increase health care spending.2to return by the same way that you came: We had to backtrack about a mile. |