backtrack
verb /ˈbæktræk/
/ˈbæktræk/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they backtrack | /ˈbæktræk/ /ˈbæktræk/ |
| he / she / it backtracks | /ˈbæktræks/ /ˈbæktræks/ |
| past simple backtracked | /ˈbæktrækt/ /ˈbæktrækt/ |
| past participle backtracked | /ˈbæktrækt/ /ˈbæktrækt/ |
| -ing form backtracking | /ˈbæktrækɪŋ/ /ˈbæktrækɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to go back along the same route that you have just come along
- The path suddenly disappeared and we had to backtrack.
- [intransitive] to change an earlier statement, opinion or promise because of pressure from somebody/somethingTopics Opinion and argumentc2