backtrack

Definition of Backtrack in English :

retrace one's course

Example Sentences:
'The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Backtrack

verb (intransitive)

1.

to return by the same route by which one has come

2.

to retract or reverse one's opinion, action, policy, etc

verb intransitive

1.

to return by the same path

2.

to withdraw from a position, attitude, etc.

intr.v. back·tracked, back·track·ing, back·tracks

1. To go back over the course by which one has come.

2. To return to a previous point or subject, as in a lecture or discussion.

3. To reverse one's position or policy.