'To take the back track' definitions:

Definition of 'To take the back track'

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  • Back \Back\, a.
  • 1. Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Moving or operating backward; as, back action. [1913 Webster]
  • Back blocks, Australian pastoral country which is remote from the seacoast or from a river. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • Back charges, charges brought forward after an account has been made up.
  • Back filling (Arch.), the mass of materials used in filling up the space between two walls, or between the inner and outer faces of a wall, or upon the haunches of an arch or vault.
  • Back pressure. (Steam Engine) See under Pressure.
  • Back rest, a guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work, to steady it in turning.
  • Back slang, a kind of slang in which every word is written or pronounced backwards; as, nam for man.
  • Back stairs, stairs in the back part of a house; private stairs. Also used adjectively. See Back stairs, Backstairs, and Backstair, in the Vocabulary.
  • Back step (Mil.), the retrograde movement of a man or body of men, without changing front.
  • Back stream, a current running against the main current of a stream; an eddy.
  • To take the back track, to retrace one's steps; to retreat. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]