backtrack, turn back, double back
(verb) retrace one’s course; “The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
backtrack (plural backtracks)
the act of backtracking
backtrack (third-person singular simple present backtracks, present participle backtracking, simple past and past participle backtracked)
To retrace one's steps.
To repeat or review work already done.
(aviation) To taxi down an active runway in the opposite direction to that being used for takeoff.
To exercise a racehorse around the racetrack in the opposite direction to that in which races are run.
• TrackBack, trackback
Source: Wiktionary
11 January 2025
(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
