retrace+one's+steps
121retrocede — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To move back or away from a point, limit, or mark: ebb, recede, retract, retreat, retrograde, retrogress. See APPROACH. 2. To move in a reverse direction: back, backpedal, backtrack, fall back, retreat, retrograde,… …
122backtrack — (v.) retrace one s steps, figuratively, by 1896, from literal sense, with reference to hunted foxes, from BACK (Cf. back) (adv.) + TRACK (Cf. track) (v.). Related: Backtracked; backtracking …
123eddy — mid 15c., Scottish ydy, possibly from O.N. iða whirlpool, from P.Gmc. *ith a second time, again, which is related to the common O.E. prefix ed again, backwards; repetition, turning (forming such words as edðingung reconciliation, edgift… …
124retrograde — I. a. Backward. II. v. n. Retrocede, recede, retire, go or move backward, retrace one s steps …
125turn back — just before boarding the ferry, Clint changed his mind and turned back Syn: retrace one s steps, go back, return; retreat …
126double back — [v] reverse path backtrack, circle, dodge, loop, retrace one’s steps, return, turn; concepts 224,232 Ant. forge, forward, go forward …
127melius est recurrere quam malo currere — /miyl(i)yas est rakahrariy kwaem maelow kahrariy/ It is better to run back than to run badly; it is better to retrace one s steps than to proceed improperly …
128melius est recurrere quam malo currere — /miyl(i)yas est rakahrariy kwaem maelow kahrariy/ It is better to run back than to run badly; it is better to retrace one s steps than to proceed improperly …
