retraceverb [ T ]
uk/rɪˈtreɪs/us/rɪˈtreɪs/to go back over something, for example a path or a series of past actions:
When he realized he had lost his keys, he retraced in his mind his movements that day.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Remembering, reminding and reminders
- a blast from the past idiom
- aide-mémoire
- be engraved on sb's memory/mind idiom
- be etched on/in sb's memory idiom
- be your epitaph idiom
- clock
- echo
- imprint
- indelible
- jog sb's memory idiom
- keepsake
- let's see idiom
- pat
- recall
- ring a bell idiom
- souvenir
- stamped on sb's memory idiom
- stick in sb's mind/head/memory idiom
- store
- take sb back
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Idiom(s)
retrace your steps