backtrackverb [ I ]
uk/ˈbæk.træk/us/ˈbæk.træk/backtrack verb [ I ] (GO BACK)
to go back along a path that you have just followed:
We went the wrong way and had to backtrack till we got to the right turning.
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Returning to a place
- call
- call back
- come
- come back
- darken
- double
- double back
- get back
- go
- go back
- not darken sb's door idiom
- reappear
- regain
- resume
- retrace
- retrace your steps idiom
- return
- snap
- turn
- turn (sb) back
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backtrack verb [ I ] (CHANGE OPINION)
to say that you did not mean something you said earlier or say that you have changed your opinion:
[ + speech ] "All right," he backtracked, "It's possible that I was mistaken."
The officers were forced to backtrack on their statements.
She refused to backtrack from her criticisms of the proposal.
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Denying & contradicting
- abnegate
- answer
- answer (sb) back
- change your tune idiom
- debunk
- defensive
- denial
- deny
- disagree
- Dutchman
- hell
- I'm a Dutchman idiom
- nonsense
- oxymoron
- rebut
- speak for yourself idiom
- stand
- stand sth on its head idiom
- talk
- the hell sb is/does, etc. idiom
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