retrace one's steps (third-person singular simple present retraces one's steps, present participle retracing one's steps, simple past and past participle...
with that intent crossed the way with Queequeg, and on that side of it retraced our steps. 1856, “Treaty signed April 18, 1855; ratified April 5, 1856”...
Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC: Warwick left the undertaker's shop and retraced his steps until he had passed the lawyer's office, toward which he threw...
in The House Behind the Cedars: Warwick left the undertaker's shop and retraced his steps until he had passed the lawyer's office, toward which he threw...