backtrack

backtrack
1. noun
the act of backtracking
2. verb
a) to retrace ones steps

I dropped my sunglasses and had to backtrack to find them.

b) to repeat or review work already done

If we backtrack through this problem, maybe we can figure out where we went wrong.


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