Tom walked backwards, retracing his steps.
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Retracing
Synonyms for "retracing" (17 found)
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Noun(4 words)
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Noun(5 words)
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Noun(8 words)
reconstructivereiterativerememberretraceretrospectivereturning along a routerevisittrajectory reconstruction
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16 entriesaudit trail reconstructionbacktrackingcartographic retracingcartographic tracingdata lineage tracingdata provenance tracinggeometric retracingline tracingmanual retracingmemory reconstructionnarrative reconstructionparticle trackingpath tracingrecollection exerciseroute tracingtrajectory reconstruction
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15 entriesbacktrackingcareful retracingcartographic retracingdata retracingforensic retracinggeodetic retracinghistorical retracingmethodical retracingretracing contourretracing movementretracing pathretracing processretracing routeretracing stepsroute retracing
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5 total sentences available.
I reach the ramparts and the shadowy gates / whence first I issued, backward through the night / my studied steps retracing. Horror waits / around; the very silence breeds affright.
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Felix traced retracing his steps, but he soon got lost.
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Did you try retracing your steps?
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