Meaning & use
retrace
To go back over a route or sequence of events in the same order as before.
See it in a sentence
We retraced our steps along the trail after realizing we had missed the turnoff.
Detectives retraced the victim's movements from the night before the crime.
A note on using this word
Retrace commonly appears in the fixed phrase 'retrace one's steps,' meaning to return the way one came.
Words with a similar meaning
revisitbacktrack
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