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backtrack
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
backtracks; backtracked; backtracking
backtracks; backtracked; backtracking
Learner's definition of BACKTRACK
[no object]
1
: to go back over a course or path原路返回；折回
- The hikers realized they had made a wrong turn and would have to backtrack.徒步旅行者们意识到他们拐错了方向，只得原路返回。
2
: to return to something that was mentioned before回到前面的话题
- Let me backtrack for a moment and pick up our previous conversation.现在回过头来，继续我们前面的话题。
3
: to completely change what you think or say about something改变主张；出尔反尔
- Voters lost confidence in him when he backtracked on the issues. [=when he reversed his position on the issues]由于他在那些问题上出尔反尔，选民对他失去了信心。
Example Sentences
The hikers realized they had made a wrong turn and would have to backtrack. Let me backtrack for a moment and pick up our previous conversation.
Recent Examples on the Web It’s been proven around the globe that politicians can be quick to backtrack on expensive climate policies when faced with economic trouble and an angry electorate. 
Bjorn Lomborg, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2022 Soon, it was forced to backtrack and acknowledge that Johnson had in fact been informed. Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 6 July 2022 Those who portrayed brick-and-mortar stores as a relic of retail’s past have had to backtrack in a major way. Bobby Marhamat, Forbes, 16 May 2022 Mordaunt has been forced by her rivals to backtrack on her support for transgender people. Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022 Sometimes a promising path doesn’t work out, and the team has to backtrack and find a different fork off from a previous trail. Tony Bradley, Forbes, 1 June 2022 But even China may yet be forced to backtrack on its control of the tech giants, as regulations have already weakened their productivity and, in combination with the COVID-19 pandemic, undermined the growth of the Chinese economy. Wendell Wallach, Fortune, 16 June 2022 On Sunday, during the CBS telecast of the final round of the RBC Canadian Open, Monahan didn’t backtrack on his decision. Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY, 12 June 2022 Federal regulators rarely backtrack, especially as quickly as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022 See More
Bjorn Lomborg, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2022 Soon, it was forced to backtrack and acknowledge that Johnson had in fact been informed. Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 6 July 2022 Those who portrayed brick-and-mortar stores as a relic of retail’s past have had to backtrack in a major way. Bobby Marhamat, Forbes, 16 May 2022 Mordaunt has been forced by her rivals to backtrack on her support for transgender people. Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022 Sometimes a promising path doesn’t work out, and the team has to backtrack and find a different fork off from a previous trail. Tony Bradley, Forbes, 1 June 2022 But even China may yet be forced to backtrack on its control of the tech giants, as regulations have already weakened their productivity and, in combination with the COVID-19 pandemic, undermined the growth of the Chinese economy. Wendell Wallach, Fortune, 16 June 2022 On Sunday, during the CBS telecast of the final round of the RBC Canadian Open, Monahan didn’t backtrack on his decision. Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY, 12 June 2022 Federal regulators rarely backtrack, especially as quickly as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1870, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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