volver sobre los pasos de uno

(v.) = double-back, retrace + Posesivo + steps, retrace + Posesivo + footsteps, go back on + Posesivo + steps

Ex. But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.

Ex. Numbers given in brackets refer to frames which have led to the one you are reading; this is to help you retrace your steps if necessary.

Ex. Visitors of this exhibition retrace Darwin's footsteps from his youth all the way to the publication of The Origin of Species and his death in 1882.

Ex. We then realized we had been walking the wrong path and had to go back on our steps, adding one hour to an already long walk.

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(v.) = double-back, retrace + Posesivo + steps, retrace + Posesivo + footsteps, go back on + Posesivo + steps

Ex: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.

Ex: Numbers given in brackets refer to frames which have led to the one you are reading; this is to help you retrace your steps if necessary.

Ex: Visitors of this exhibition retrace Darwin's footsteps from his youth all the way to the publication of The Origin of Species and his death in 1882.

Ex: We then realized we had been walking the wrong path and had to go back on our steps, adding one hour to an already long walk.