Dictionary
is backtrack
verb
To retrace one's steps
synonyms
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"What we are trying to do is backtrack in this woman's life to see who her friends were, who she associated with, who knows where she has been," Police Commissioner Bernard B. Kerik said at an afternoon news conference at City Hall.
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Now, Rex is backtracking off that.
"What Amazon.com is doing is backtracking on this central tenet," Mr. Santos wrote.
Now Charter is backtracking: the trial has been put off, and "privacy concerns" are being cited.
And isn't it just lovely that President Bush is backtracking from his earlier statements?
Several leading Liberal Democrats are furious, and fear that the government is backtracking on its commitments.
Similarly, Mr. Rumsfeld is backtracking from his go-it-alone approach.
Although Trump would never admit that he is backtracking, he has been forced to make some concessions to reality.
Now that it has been, however, there are already signs that Khartoum is backtracking on even its most tentative commitments.
That sort of language led Mr. Lynch to say in his statement on Friday that "H.P. is backtracking".
The changes have also exposed Balls to accusations from the Conservatives that he is backtracking on Blairite reforms.
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