Synonyms for retrace
rɪˈtreɪsre·trace

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1. trace, retraceverb

   to go back over again

   "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"

   Synonyms:
   construct, decipher, line, describe, trace, hunt, reconstruct, hound, delineate, draw, follow

2. reconstruct, construct, retraceverb

   reassemble mentally

   "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"

   Synonyms:
   construct, restore, rebuild, trace, manufacture, make, redo, build, reconstruct, fabricate, remodel

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1. Virgil:

   Oh you who are born of the blood of the gods, Trojan son of Anchises. Easy is the descent to hell the door of dark Dis stands open day and night. But to retrace your steps and come out to the air above, that is work; that is labor.

2. Virgil:

   The descent to hell is easy, the black gates stand open night and day, but to climb back up again to retrace ones steps to the upper air there in lies the laborious task, the toil.

3. André Breton:

   Perhaps I am doomed to retrace my steps under the illusion that I am exploring, doomed to try and learn what I should simply recognize, learning a mere fraction of what I have forgotten.

4. Goldman Sachs:

   We ... forecast prices will retrace to their lows by October.

5. Hilary Graves:

   I would like to not have to retrace my family's footsteps back to Oklahoma and Arkansas.