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Definition of Backtracked
1. backtrack [v] - See also: backtrack
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backtracked
Literary usage of Backtracked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1914)
"... turned down to Fulton and backtracked to Divisadero, Lanagan getting out at
each crossing and reconnoitering for signs of Maggart or his machine. ..."
2. The Air Campaign: Planning for Combat by John A. Warden, III (1995)
"... 3rd Fleet moved away in pursuit of another portion of the Japanese fleet.12 General
MacArthur recognized his error and backtracked to establish land air ..."
3. From the Household to the Factory: Sex Discrimination in the Guatemalan by Judith Sunderland (2002)
"245 By mid-July, even Security Secretary Ip had backtracked, suggesting that
since Falungong had not grown and that no law had been overtly breached, ..."
4. Europe: Dimensions of Peace by Björn Hettne (1988)
"... and those that went a little way along that road in the mid-70s, have stopped
and backtracked in the opposite direction in the early 1980s. ..."
5. The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History by David M. Damkaer (2002)
"They then backtracked to Constantinople, where they spent eight months caring
for their collections and notes. Their return to France was delayed by a tour ..."
6. Merrill's Marauders: February to May, 1944 by DIANE Publishing Company (1990)
"... of hills in the Kumon Range to the Tanai Valley. Movement was started on 30
March. The trail became increasingly rugged as the men backtracked along the ..."
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