Associations to the word «Backtrack»

Wiktionary

BACKTRACK, noun. The act of backtracking
BACKTRACK, verb. To retrace one's steps
BACKTRACK, verb. To repeat or review work already done
BACKTRACK, verb. (aviation) To taxi down an active runway in the opposite direction to that being used for takeoff

Dictionary definition

BACKTRACK, verb. Retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky