"backtracked" is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it when referring to the act of moving backward in order to gain a better perspective. For example, "I backtracked through my thought process in order to figure out where I went wrong."
Other activities deemed praiseworthy by the report included: Starbucks' promise to serve 25% of all beverages in its stores in reusable mugs or tumblers by 2015, even though the coffee giant backtracked, saying it would reach only 5%.
It would be "extraordinary" if the government backtracked on plans in Clegg's taskforce report on mental health in March to bring in waiting times for children needing mental health care, especially given David Cameron and Hunt's pledges to improve mental health, he said.
The UK already has relatively high levels of tax on alcohol but the last government backtracked on a plan to introduce minimum unit pricing.
Sceptics suspected that he had backtracked following objections from a nervous accounting profession and from Republicans who oppose too much interference in corporate America.If this was not enough, Mr Pitt then railroaded through Mr Webster's appointment.
And although the administration publicly disputed Israel's allegation that Mr Arafat had given a "green light" to Islamist groups to resort to acts of terrorism, it later backtracked a little.This ambivalence in Washington symbolises a wider uncertainty.
Mr Yonekura backtracked, but has been cold-shouldered by the government.
After initially agreeing to a recount, it backtracked, and Mr Maduro was hurriedly proclaimed the winner.
Last year the president signalled support for fully enforcing sharia laws already on the books but he has since backtracked.
She once said that the appeals courts are where "policy is made"; though she immediately backtracked, perhaps mindful that she was being filmed.
Siberia is ablaze with the surplus gas from oil wells just burning off into the sky, adding to Russia's pollution problem.Earlier this year the government backtracked on plans to break up Gazprom, worried perhaps about the effect on the firm that keeps Russia warm in winter.
The army had hinted last week that this travel ban would be lifted, but later "backtracked", according to Mr Arafat's spokesman.Even if Mr Arafat manages to organise a full sitting of MPs, he may be no more successful in mustering a parliamentary majority for this cabinet than he was for the last lot.
