"backtrack" meaning in All languages combined

See backtrack on Wiktionary

Verb [Anglais]

IPA: \ˈbæk.tɹæk\, ˈbæk.tɹæk Audio: En-us-backtrack.ogg Forms: to backtrack [infinitive], backtracks [present, third-person, singular], backtracked [preterite], backtracked [participle, past], backtracking [participle, present]
  1. Revenir sur ses pas.
    Sense id: fr-backtrack-en-verb-aIgkGVdL Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
  2. Se rétracter, revenir sur ses déclarations.
    Sense id: fr-backtrack-en-verb-XXK1rwIO Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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