backtracking vs eating one's words

backtracking

noun
  • The usage of a runway as a taxiway, especially at private strips and smaller airports. 

  • The act of building all possible solutions to a problem incrementally, abandoning any candidate solution if it cannot lead to a valid solution. 

  • The act of one who, or that which, backtracks; a retracing of one's steps. 

eating one's words

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