backtrack
verb (used without object)
to return over the same course or route.
was backtracking
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past progressiveof backtrack.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The argument over whether Bremmer was mistaken, Musk had been exaggerating, or Musk was backtracking from the truth failed to obscure two deeper points Bremmer made in his newsletter:
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2022
Now, it was backtracking across the gully, low tongues of flame threatening a house with gray shutters at the end of the cul-de-sac.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2017
“The fact he was backtracking and trying to protect himself made me realize, oh my God, I had every right to be upset,” she said.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 2015
That would explain why Uri Ariel, the minster who told Obama, “Please free Pollard” was backtracking on Israel’s Army Radio on Tuesday.
From Time ● Apr. 1, 2014
Within a day or two, he was backtracking and pledging his loyalty to O'Donnell.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2010
