backtracking

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verb

1
To retrace one's steps.
“I dropped my sunglasses and had to backtrack to find them.”
2
To repeat or review work already done.
“If we backtrack through this problem, maybe we can figure out where we went wrong.”
3
To taxi down an active runway in the opposite direction to that being used for takeoff.
“Speedbird One: enter and backtrack Runway 27 Left.”
4
To exercise a racehorse around the racetrack in the opposite direction to that in which races are run.

noun

1
(countable, uncountable) The act of one who, or that which, backtracks; a retracing of one's steps.
2
The usage of a runway as a taxiway, especially at private strips and smaller airports.
3
The act of building all possible solutions to a problem incrementally, abandoning any candidate solution if it cannot lead to a valid solution.

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