"retrace one's steps" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "retraces one's steps",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "retracing one's steps",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "retraced one's steps",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "retraced one's steps",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "retrace one's steps (third-person singular simple present retraces one's steps, present participle retracing one's steps, simple past and past participle retraced one's steps)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To return to a place one has been to before."
      ],
      "id": "en-retrace_one's_steps-en-verb-MOZX3gLf",
      "links": [
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To return to a place one has been to before."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "backtrack"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remind oneself of places one has been to, usually in order to try and find something one's lost."
      ],
      "id": "en-retrace_one's_steps-en-verb--DZ4TFqe",
      "links": [
        [
          "remind",
          "remind"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic, figuratively) To remind oneself of places one has been to, usually in order to try and find something one's lost."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "31 69",
          "word": "memory lane"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To remind oneself of places one has been to",
          "word": "hacer memoria"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "retrace one's steps"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "retraces one's steps",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "retracing one's steps",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "retraced one's steps",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "retraced one's steps",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "retrace one's steps (third-person singular simple present retraces one's steps, present participle retracing one's steps, simple past and past participle retraced one's steps)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "memory lane"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To return to a place one has been to before."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To return to a place one has been to before."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "backtrack"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remind oneself of places one has been to, usually in order to try and find something one's lost."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "remind",
          "remind"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic, figuratively) To remind oneself of places one has been to, usually in order to try and find something one's lost."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To remind oneself of places one has been to",
      "word": "hacer memoria"
    }
  ],
  "word": "retrace one's steps"
}