back·track (b?k?tr?k?)intr.v. back·tracked, back·track·ing, back·tracks 1. To go back over the course by which one has come.2. To return to a previous point or subject, as in a lecture or discussion.3. To reverse one’s position or policy.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.backtrack (?bæk?træk) vb (intr) 1. to return by the same route by which one has come2. to retract or reverse one’s opinion, action, policy, etc ?back?tracking nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014back?track (?bæk?træk) v.i. 1. to return over the same course or route. 2. to withdraw from an undertaking, position, etc.; reverse a policy. [1715?25, Amer.] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.backtrackPast participle: backtrackedGerund: backtrackingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativebacktrackbacktrackPresentI backtrackyou backtrackhe/she/it backtrackswe backtrackyou backtrackthey backtrackPreteriteI backtrackedyou backtrackedhe/she/it backtrackedwe backtrackedyou backtrackedthey backtrackedPresent ContinuousI am backtrackingyou are backtrackinghe/she/it is backtrackingwe are backtrackingyou are backtrackingthey are backtrackingPresent PerfectI have backtrackedyou have backtrackedhe/she/it has backtrackedwe have backtrackedyou have backtrackedthey have backtrackedPast ContinuousI was backtrackingyou were backtrackinghe/she/it was backtrackingwe were backtrackingyou were backtrackingthey were backtrackingPast PerfectI had backtrackedyou had backtrackedhe/she/it had backtrackedwe had backtrackedyou had backtrackedthey had backtrackedFutureI will backtrackyou will backtrackhe/she/it will backtrackwe will backtrackyou will backtrackthey will backtrackFuture PerfectI will have backtrackedyou will have backtrackedhe/she/it will have backtrackedwe will have backtrackedyou will have backtrackedthey will have backtrackedFuture ContinuousI will be backtrackingyou will be backtrackinghe/she/it will be backtrackingwe will be backtrackingyou will be backtrackingthey will be backtrackingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been backtrackingyou have been backtrackinghe/she/it has been backtrackingwe have been backtrackingyou have been backtrackingthey have been backtrackingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been backtrackingyou will have been backtrackinghe/she/it will have been backtrackingwe will have been backtrackingyou will have been backtrackingthey will have been backtrackingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been backtrackingyou had been backtrackinghe/she/it had been backtrackingwe had been backtrackingyou had been backtrackingthey had been backtrackingConditionalI would backtrackyou would backtrackhe/she/it would backtrackwe would backtrackyou would backtrackthey would backtrackPast ConditionalI would have backtrackedyou would have backtrackedhe/she/it would have backtrackedwe would have backtrackedyou would have backtrackedthey would have backtrackedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011