📖 Definitions of "Backtracked"
verb
- 1
To retrace one's steps.
"I dropped my sunglasses and had to backtrack to find them."
- 2
To repeat or review work already done.
"If we backtrack through this problem, maybe we can figure out where we went wrong."
- 3
To taxi down an active runway in the opposite direction to that being used for takeoff.
"Speedbird One: enter and backtrack Runway 27 Left."
- 4
To exercise a racehorse around the racetrack in the opposite direction to that in which races are run.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Backtracked"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| turn backverb | (intransitive) To reverse direction and retrace one's steps. |
| double backverb | (idiomatic) To retrace one's steps; to go back where one has already gone. |
| madenoun | (UK dialectal or obsolete) A grub or maggot. |
| backpedaledverb | (intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea. |
| backpedalingnoun | The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop. |
| backpedalnoun | An act of backpedalling (in any sense). |
| backslidnoun | A backward regression; a reverting back to a worse state. |
| backslidingnoun | An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense. |
| backward | Indicating position or direction. |
| retracedverb | the second studio album released by American rock guitarist Jake E. Lee. |
| backdateverb | To give or assign a date to a document that is earlier than the current or true date. |
| backoutnoun | A reversal or undoing of tasks previously done (often in reverse order). |
| backslideverb | (intransitive) To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state. |
| back downverb | (idiomatic, intransitive) To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously had, or has planned to have. |
| backwardsnoun | Synonym of backward; see usage notes there. |
| back upverb | (idiomatic, computing, transitive) To copy (data) so that it can be restored if the main copy is lost. |
| backdownnoun | An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal. |
| back outverb | (intransitive) To withdraw from something one has agreed to do. |
| backed up | having backing |
| backoffnoun | (computing) The situation where an algorithm or process refrains from taking an action it would otherwise have taken. |
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