See backtrack in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"aerospace",
"aviation",
"business",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To exercise a racehorse around the racetrack in the opposite direction to that in which races are run."
],
"links": [
[
"exercise",
"exercise"
],
[
"racehorse",
"racehorse"
],
[
"racetrack",
"racetrack"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2020 August 22, Adam Kilgore, “Baseball’s unwritten rules may be softening, but they haven’t gone away”, in The Washington Post:",
"text": "Woodward’s mild rebuke of Tatis received backlash from most players who spoke out, and even Woodward backtracked and reexplained himself the next day.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2022 December 1, Ryan Pearson, “Nintendo Backtracks On Claim They Didn't Hear Of Performance Issues In 'Pokémon Scarlet & Violet' And Releases Much-Needed Patch”, in Bounding Into Comics, archived from the original on 2023-01-05:",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2024 June 10, Justine McDaniel and Anumita Kaur, “Harris’s own ballot will include crime measure dividing Democrats in Calif.”, in The Washington Post:",
"text": "“You saw the disaster that followed when Trump spoke out against the Florida [amendment],” said Trish Crouse, a political science professor at the University of New Haven. “He found himself having to backtrack and reexplain himself.”",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To go back on or withdraw a statement."
],
"links": [
[
"go back",
"go back"
],
[
"withdraw",
"withdraw"
],
[
"statement",
"statement"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbæk.tɹæk/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-backtrack.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/18/En-us-backtrack.ogg/En-us-backtrack.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/En-us-backtrack.ogg"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vrǎštam se",
"sense": "retracing one's steps",
"word": "връщам се"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otstǎpvam",
"sense": "retracing one's steps",
"word": "отстъпвам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "retracing one's steps",
"word": "tornar-se'n enrere"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "retracing one's steps",
"word": "desfer el camí"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "retracing one's steps",
"word": "retrocedir"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "retracing one's steps",
"word": "recular"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "retracing one's steps",
"word": "gå tilbage"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "retracing one's steps",
"word": "palata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "retracing one's steps",
"word": "palata samaa tietä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "retracing one's steps",
"word": "mennä takaisin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "retracing one's steps",
"word": "retourner sur ses pas"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "retracing one's steps",
"word": "revenir sur ses pas"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "retracing one's steps",
"word": "arretrare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "retracing one's steps",
"word": "retrocedere"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "retracing one's steps",
"word": "tornar sul rèire-pè"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "retracing one's steps",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "cofać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "retracing one's steps",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wycofać się"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otxodítʹ",
"sense": "retracing one's steps",
"word": "отходи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otstupátʹ",
"sense": "retracing one's steps",
"word": "отступа́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "retracing one's steps",
"word": "retroceder"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "retracing one's steps",
"word": "gå tillbaka"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "reviewing previous work",
"word": "käydä läpi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "reviewing previous work",
"word": "analizzare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "reviewing previous work",
"word": "ripassare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "reviewing previous work",
"word": "rivedere"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "reviewing previous work",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "robić ponownie"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "reviewing previous work",
"word": "repasar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "taxiing the opposite way down a runway",
"word": "rullata takaisinpäin"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "taxiing the opposite way down a runway",
"word": "parcheggiare contropista"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "taxiing the opposite way down a runway",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "kołować wstecz"
}
],
"word": "backtrack"
}
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