backtracked
past simple and past participle ofbacktrack
backtrack
verb[I]
uk/ˈbæk.træk/us/ˈbæk.træk/backtrackverb[I](GO BACK)
to go back along apaththat you have justfollowed:
We went thewrongway and had to backtrack till we got to therightturning.
Returning to a place
- call
- call back
- come
- come back
- darken
- double back
- get back
- go back
- huddle
- huddled
- join
- reappear
- reappearance
- refoulement
- regain
- rejoin
- reshore
- return
- revenant
- turn(someone)back
backtrackverb[I](CHANGE OPINION)
to say that you did notmeansomething you saidearlieror say that you havechangedyouropinion:
[+ speech]"Allright," he backtracked, "It'spossiblethat I wasmistaken."
Theofficerswereforcedto backtrackontheirstatements.
Sherefusedto backtrackfromhercriticismsof theproposal.
Denying & contradicting
- abnegate
- abnegation
- apparently
- backtrack
- breath
- bubble
- burstsomeone'sbubbleidiom
- contradict
- counter-argue
- Dutchman
- fly in the face ofsomethingidiom
- in the same breathidiom
- oxymoronic
- rebut
- rebuttal
- recantation
- refutation
- speak
- standsomethingonitsheadidiom
- tergiversation
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backtracked
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Each node also stores a state variable that determines whether this node is being 'entered' or is being 'backtracked' into.
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Just as he hasbacktrackedon decentralisation and independence, we shall see how he votes then.
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I have by no meansbacktrackedon the question of nephrops.
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They havebacktrackedon a very long tradition—another tradition of importance in the industry and elsewhere.
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Why has she subsequentlybacktrackedon that public commitment?
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Will he explain why, within the past few weeks, he hasbacktrackedon his previous intention to reduce the mesh size for nephrops to 70mm?
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He said that the people should be the appointments commission, but thenbacktrackedagain.
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I realise that he quicklybacktrackedfrom saying that he was prepared to look at it to saying that he would like to instigate a discussion on the matter.
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At least, that was the position until some point this afternoon, when a county policy meeting occurred and the councilbacktrackedsomewhat on its earlier proposal.
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Theybacktrackedon all that.
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We have notbacktrackedon it.
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He tentatively called for nationalization of the railroads, thenbacktrackedand called only for more regulation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This time hebacktracked, claiming that the handwriting on the envelope was not his and that someone else had printed his initials on it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He laterbacktracked, and said that telecommunications firms would be exempt from the new regulations.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This order ensures that any removed node is removed exactly once and in a predictable order, so it can bebacktrackedappropriately.
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