retrace
/riˈtreɪs/
verb
- To go back along the same path or route that you came from.
- The hikers decided to retrace the trail back to the campsite.
- We had to retrace our steps to find the lost keys.
- She retraced her route through the city to see where she had dropped her wallet.
- To find or describe again the series of events that led to a particular situation.
- The detective retraced the victim's movements on the day of the crime.
- Historians retrace the events that caused the war.
- He tried to retrace his thought process to understand his mistake.
- To draw or trace over something again, especially to make it clearer or more accurate.
- The child retraced the dotted lines to practice writing the alphabet.
- The artist used a darker pencil to retrace the outline of the drawing.
- She retraced the letters on the faded sign to make them readable.