retrace one's steps

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retrace one's steps (third-person singular simple present retraces one's steps, present participle retracing one's steps, simple past and past participle retraced one's steps)

  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To return to a place one has been to before.
    Synonym: backtrack
  2. (intransitive, idiomatic, figuratively) To remind oneself of places one has been to, usually in order to try and find something one's lost.

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