backtrail
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4ADJ.
half
VERB + BACKTRAIL
want, watch
PREP.
on, with
ADV.
perhaps, suddenly, then
Definitions
noun
A small path or trail that is not used regularly.
The path of renunciation has many sideroads. It is all the more tragic that the radiant Christina Light becomes so benighted in defeat as to pursue moral backtrails out of a bored self-abandon.
The path over which one has already traveled.
They waited there for some five minutes when, suddenly, on the backtrail, perhaps a half mile or more behind them, there were three flashes, sudden and bright, one after the other, brilliant in the cold, pure air.
When it was light enough we climbed a mesa, winding around the far side before coming up to watch our backtrail.
verb
To backtrack along a trail.
If they didn't, they would then have to backtrail to try to pick it up
He reshouldered his rifle. "Want to backtrail with me?"
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6The path of renunciation has many sideroads. It is all the more tragic that the radiant Christina Light becomes so benighted in defeat as to pursue moral backtrails out of a bored self-abandon.
WiktionaryThey waited there for some five minutes when, suddenly, on the backtrail, perhaps a half mile or more behind them, there were three flashes, sudden and bright, one after the other, brilliant in the co
WiktionaryWhen it was light enough we climbed a mesa, winding around the far side before coming up to watch our backtrail.
WiktionaryIf they didn't, they would then have to backtrail to try to pick it up
WiktionaryHe reshouldered his rifle. "Want to backtrail with me?"
WiktionaryI hoped Carson knew where he was going, because there was no room to backtrail here.
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