verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
footstep
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I retraced the footsteps of the young victim as she set about her ill-fated round that morning.
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Would it not make a wonderful detecting trip to retrace the fellow's footsteps and survey the ground once denied to us?
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He retraced his footsteps and stayed around for a while, but it was too cold to linger long.
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The Doctor retraced Mait's footsteps in the dust.
path
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Meredith's finger, running down the calendar, retraced its path and lingered over Sunday.
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Turning, she began to retrace her path towards the house.
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I parked at Ala Wai School, retracing the path from the playground through the park toward the canal.
route
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The drivers are retracing the route of the Great Western Railway, built more than one hundred and fifty years ago.
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I retrace my route across the foothills and along the old road.
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She saw him turn and start to retrace his tortuous route , almost falling in his eagerness to return.
■ VERB
turn
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He kept walking; there was little point in making them suspicious by turning round and retracing his steps.
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Eline turned her back and retraced her steps until she stood in the kitchen once more.
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He turned and retraced his steps.
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She saw him turn and start to retrace his tortuous route, almost falling in his eagerness to return.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Riders can retrace the trail taken by Chief Big Foot to the battle site.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As he retraced his steps of the past day avoiding streets and roads, he stayed alert to the sounds around him.
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At the bottom end he could go no further, and so retraced his steps.
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For weeks he lay flat in his canoe while friends retraced their way back with him to Lake Michigan.
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I parked at Ala Wai School, retracing the path from the playground through the park toward the canal.
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In the soft evening light, I retraced my steps back to town, soothed by the songs of blackbirds and chaffinches.
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Shiona gathered up her pyjamas and headed for the bathroom, her mind retracing the events of the night.
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They moved on quickly, for they would have to retrace part of their way to make Ivrigar before nightfall.