retrace one's steps

/R IY0 T R EY1 S W AH0 N EH0 S T EH0 P S/
verb
  1. 1

    (intransitive, idiomatic) To return to a place one has been to before.

  2. 2

    (intransitive, idiomatic, figuratively) To remind oneself of places one has been to, usually in order to try and find something one's lost.