"back-track" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "back-tracks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "back-tracking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "back-tracked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "back-tracked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "back-track (third-person singular simple present back-tracks, present participle back-tracking, simple past and past participle back-tracked)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "backtrack"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC",
          "text": "Yet the second period showed a marked contrast in style with Frank Lampard, making only his second start since August, completely splitting Bolton's defence with back-tracking Paul Robinson unable to intercept a well-weighted through-ball.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of backtrack"
      ],
      "id": "en-back-track-en-verb-RJUrii~M",
      "links": [
        [
          "backtrack",
          "backtrack#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "back-track"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "back-tracks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "back-tracking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "back-tracked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "back-tracked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "back-track (third-person singular simple present back-tracks, present participle back-tracking, simple past and past participle back-tracked)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "backtrack"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC",
          "text": "Yet the second period showed a marked contrast in style with Frank Lampard, making only his second start since August, completely splitting Bolton's defence with back-tracking Paul Robinson unable to intercept a well-weighted through-ball.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of backtrack"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "backtrack",
          "backtrack#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "back-track"
}