I can't backtrack.
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Backtrack
//ˈbæk.tɹæk//
Synonyms for "backtrack" (14 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Strong matches (4)
Related words (7)
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Translations
37 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- отстъпка noun (the act of backtracking)
- връщам се verb (retracing one's steps)
- отстъпвам verb (retracing one's steps)
Catalan
4 entries- desfer el camí verb (retracing one's steps)
- recular verb (retracing one's steps)
- retrocedir verb (retracing one's steps)
- tornar-se'n enrere verb (retracing one's steps)
Danish
1 entries- gå tilbage verb (retracing one's steps)
Finnish
4 entries- paluu noun (the act of backtracking)
- peruutus noun (the act of backtracking)
- käydä läpi verb (reviewing previous work)
- mennä takaisin verb (retracing one's steps)
French
2 entries- retourner sur ses pas verb (retracing one's steps)
- revenir sur ses pas verb (retracing one's steps)
Greek
1 entries- οπισθοδρόμηση noun (the act of backtracking)
Italian
4 entries- retrocessione noun (the act of backtracking)
- analizzare verb (reviewing previous work)
- arretrare verb (retracing one's steps)
- parcheggiare contropista verb (taxiing the opposite way down a runway)
Occitan
1 entries- tornar sul rèire-pè verb (retracing one's steps)
Polish
4 entries- cofanie się noun (the act of backtracking)
- cofać się verb (retracing one's steps)
- kołować wstecz verb (taxiing the opposite way down a runway)
- robić ponownie verb (reviewing previous work)
Russian
2 entries- отступа́ть verb (retracing one's steps)
- отходи́ть verb (retracing one's steps)
Spanish
3 entries- retroceso noun (the act of backtracking)
- repasar verb (reviewing previous work)
- retroceder verb (retracing one's steps)
Swedish
1 entries- gå tillbaka verb (retracing one's steps)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
President Trump dangled this pardon to encourage Flynn to backtrack on his pledge to cooperate with federal investigators—cooperation that might have exposed the President's own wrongdoing. And it worked.
Source: tatoeba (9382292)
It's better to backtrack than get lost.
Source: tatoeba (11845990)
I dropped my sunglasses and had to backtrack to find them.
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