Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense retraces, present participle retracing, past tense, past participle retraced
VERB 举(步)折回;沿(原路)返回 If you retrace your steps or retrace your way, you return to the place you started from by going back along the same route. 举(步)折回;沿(原路)返回
He retraced his steps to the spot where he'd left the case. [VERB noun]