The meaning of BACKTRACK is to retrace one's course. How to use backtrack in a sentence.

BACKTRACK meaning: 1. to go back along a path that you have just followed: 2. to say that you did not mean something…. Learn more.

BACKTRACKED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of backtrack 2. to go back along a path that you have just…. Learn more.

When you backtrack, you return somewhere you've already been, or retrace steps you've already taken. You might backtrack to find something you lost on your way down the sidewalk.

1. (often with on) retract, withdraw, retreat, draw back, recant, back-pedal The finance minister backtracked on his decision. 2. retrace your steps, go back, reverse, retreat, move back, back-pedal We had to backtrack to the corner and cross the street.

Synonyms for BACKTRACKED: reverted, revoked, about-faced, countermanded, rescinded, overturned, abrogated, reversed; Antonyms of BACKTRACKED: maintained, supported, upheld, adhered (to), kept, satisfied, fulfilled, honored

If you backtrack on a statement or decision you have made, you do or say something that shows that you no longer agree with it or support it. The committee backtracked by scrapping the controversial bonus system. [VERB] The finance minister backtracked on his decision. [VERB + on] Some backtracking is probably inevitable.

Definition of backtrack verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [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/something Topics Opinion and argument c2.

Uefa has backtracked to the point that it is no longer viable. Party insiders were furious he had backtracked on plans to abstain. intransitive verb: (on route, journey)desandar el camino, dar marcha atrás; (figurative) (in account, explanation)ir más atrás, retroceder [...]

Uefa has backtracked to the point that it is no longer viable. Party insiders were furious he had backtracked on plans to abstain. The actor initially chose not to apologise but then backtracked before removing himself as host. Would we decide to backtrack on the plans we'd made? But now he is backtracking – he says he was being sarcastic.