Translations for backtrack in the English»Italian Dictionary (Go to Italian»English)

backtrack [Brit ˈbaktrak, Am ˈbækˌtræk] VB intr

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1. backtrack (retract a statement):

backtrack

fare marcia indietro, ritrattare

to backtrack on a promise

recedere da una promessa

2. backtrack (retrace one's steps):

backtrack

ritornare sui propri passi

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fare retromarcia fig

to back off, to back-pedal, to backtrack, to climb down

recedere da una promessa

to backtrack on a promise

fare marcia indietro fig

to back off, to back-pedal, to backtrack, to climb down

fare marcia indietro fig

to back off, to back-pedal, to backtrack

ritornare sui propri passi

to turn or double back, to retrace one's steps, to backtrack

tornare sui propri passi

to retrace one's steps, to turn or double back, to backtrack

tornare sui propri passi

to backtrack, to retrace one's steps, to double back, to turn back also fig

Translations for backtrack in the English»Italian Dictionary

backtrack [ˈbæk·træk] VB intr

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1. backtrack:

backtrack (go back)

far marcia indietro

backtrack (to previous topic)

2. backtrack fig:

backtrack

far marcia indietro

to backtrack on one's statement

ritrattare quanto si è detto

to backtrack on one's statement

ritrattare quanto si è detto

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Besides the art climbdown, he has had to backtrack on a plan to slap punitive new capital gains tax on small business owners. www.telegraph.co.uk

They had to backtrack to retrieve the clue. en.wikipedia.org

He later backtracked, and said that telecommunications firms would be exempt from the new regulations. en.wikipedia.org

Many reviewers have stated that the game's story is forgettable, and there is too much backtracking for their taste. en.wikipedia.org

However, recording this constraint is not useful, as this partial solution will not be encountered again due to the way backtracking proceeds. en.wikipedia.org

A dead end means that the team must backtrack for another plank. en.wikipedia.org

Unlike in context-free grammars and regular expressions, however, these operators "always" behave greedily, consuming as much input as possible and never backtracking. en.wikipedia.org

The two paradigms share many important features, like logical variables and backtracking. en.wikipedia.org

He tentatively called for nationalization of the railroads, then backtracked and called only for more regulation. en.wikipedia.org

Similarly, either one or the other climber must backtrack towards the beginning of the journey. en.wikipedia.org

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