💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Backtracks"
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| 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. |
| backsnoun | (Cambridge University, with "the") The backyard of the University. |
| declinesverb | The act of declining or refusing something. |
| dropsnoun | (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid. |
| easesverb | Lack of difficulty; the ability to do something easily. |
| retreatsnoun | The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant. |
| 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). |
| backslidingnoun | An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense. |
| backslidnoun | A backward regression; a reverting back to a worse state. |
| backoutnoun | A reversal or undoing of tasks previously done (often in reverse order). |
| backoffnoun | (computing) The situation where an algorithm or process refrains from taking an action it would otherwise have taken. |
| back outverb | (intransitive) To withdraw from something one has agreed to do. |
| backslideverb | (intransitive) To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state. |
| backfiresnoun | A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction. |
| backward | Indicating position or direction. |
| backslidden | sliding back |
| backwardsnoun | Synonym of backward; see usage notes there. |
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