Nearby Words
retraced steps
| Main Entry: |
double back
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | retrace one's steps |
| Synonyms: | back up, backpedal, backtrack, circle, dodge, loop, retrace one's steps, return, reverse, reverse path, turn, turn back |
| Antonyms: | forge, forward, go forward |
| Main Entry: | recrudesce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | return |
| Synonyms: | back up, bounce back, circle back, come again, come back, double back, go again, hark back to, move back, react, reappear, rebound, recoil, reconsider, recur, reel back, reenter, reexamine, reoccur, repair, repeat, retire, retrace steps, retreat, revert, revisit, revolve, rotate, turn |
| Main Entry: | retrocede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | back |
| Synonyms: | backpedal, backtrack, drive back, fall back, recede, regress, repel, repulse, retire, retrace one's steps, retract, retreat, retrograde, retrogress, reverse, turn tail, withdraw |
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