tracks
Britishplural noun
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(sometimes singular) marks, such as footprints, tyre impressions, etc, left by someone or something that has passed
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on the very spot where one is standing (esp in the phrase stop in one's tracks )
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to leave or depart
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to go or head towards
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the unfashionable or poor district or stratum of a community
Example Sentences
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Some of the tracks — like “Piano Concerto No. 0,” which features André literally smashing a piano to smithereens — are obviously comedic.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Initial reports suggest the bus had become stuck on the tracks due to heavy traffic, which prevented the crossing barriers from lowering properly.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Next, machine learning-based pattern recognition was used to determine the most important features from the PH data, producing a digital free-energy landscape that tracks how magnetic microstructures evolve as energy changes.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
That tracks with Wall Street’s recent pattern of ignoring Main Street’s pain.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
I drew the boys away from the tracks and hugged them against me as the train pulled into the depot with squealing brakes and the hissing of steam.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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