back‧track /ˈbæktræk/
verb [intransitive]1. to change an opinion or promise that you gave so that it is not as strong as it was earlier ⇒
backpedalbacktrack on
The President is backtracking on his promise to increase health care spending.2. to return by the same way that you came:
We had to backtrack about a mile. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲