re
trace
Third Person
retraces
Present Participle
retracing
Past Tense
retraced
Past Participle
retraced
1
to return somewhere from the same way that one has come
- After realizing he forgot his keys, he had to retrace his steps back to the car.
- We had to retrace our route when the trail became unclear.
- She retraced her journey through the forest to find the lost map.
- The hikers retraced their steps when they lost the trail markers.
- The soldier retraced his actions to identify what went wrong during the mission.
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2
reassemble mentally
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