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backtrack

pronunciation:: baek traek

part of speech:	intransitive verb
inflections:	backtracks, backtracking, backtracked
definition 1:	to retrace one's previous route. similar words: double
definition 2:	to go back to an earlier opinion or policy. similar words: about-face
related words:	back, return, reverse, revert

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