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Synonyms for backtrack
ˈbækˌtrækback·track

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  1. backtrack, turn back, double backverb

    retrace one's course

    "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"

    Synonyms:
    stop, run off, chase away, hold back, retrovert, regress, drive out, revert, invert, check, reverse, double back, drive off, contain, return, drive away, dispel, arrest, turn back

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  1. List of paraphrases for "backtrack":

    reverse

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#272check
#357return
#1038stop
#2700contain
#3815reverse
#7523arrest
#20021revert
#32379invert
#39147regress
#40623dispel
#63313backtrack

How to use backtrack in a sentence?

  1. Tammy Cooper:

    You backtrack on everything that you ever believed in, everything about your safety, if you can't trust the government about water, what can you trust them about ?

  2. Mike Flusche:

    I like Jim Jordan, but I think Jim Jordan took the wrong stance off the get go and now Jim Jordan can't backtrack. it's weird to play back something in Dan Ritchie mind that Dan Ritchie remember and have someone say it's not true.

  3. Lue Elizondo:

    The level of interest is reaching a critical mass, i think [government officials realize that] it would be like putting the cat back in the bag or like putting toothpaste back in the tube. Now that the government has acknowledged the reality of unexplained aerial phenomenon … it’s going to be real hard to backtrack.

  4. Alex Scott:

    Germany starting to backtrack and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz looking at doing a new deal with Senegal on gas supply. That's a worrying sign for the G7 unity in May for shifting out of fossil fuels, what's happening in Germany at the moment is sending the wrong message.

  5. Justin Amash:

    I really believe that if Liz Cheney had not seen the whole party moving, Liz Cheney would not have moved either. And that, to me, is indicative of the problem we have in Congress that people are waiting until they feel they're safe. I think Liz Cheney thought Liz Cheney was safe. Liz Cheney moved. Now Liz Cheney's got no choice, Liz Cheney can't backtrack.


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  • отстъпка, отстъпвам, връщам сеBulgarian
  • ZurückverfolgenGerman
  • retroceder, repasar, retrocesoSpanish
  • رد گم کردنPersian
  • ripassare, retrocessione, analizzare, arretrare, retrocedere, rivedere, parcheggiare contropistaItalian
  • breken metDutch
  • отступать, отходитьRussian
  • gå tillbakaSwedish

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