Idioms for track

Origin of track

1425–75; late Middle English trak (noun) < Middle French trac, perhaps < Old Norse trathk trodden spot; compare Norwegian trakke to trample; akin to tread

SYNONYMS FOR track

OTHER WORDS FROM track

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH track

tack tact track tract

British Dictionary definitions for in one's tracks

track
/ (træk) /

noun

verb

See also tracks

Derived forms of track

trackable, adjective tracker, noun

Word Origin for track

C15: from Old French trac, probably of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch tracken to pull, Middle Low German trecken; compare Norwegian trakke to trample

Idioms and Phrases with in one's tracks (1 of 2)

in one's tracks

see drop in one's tracks; follow in one's tracks; stop cold (dead in one's tracks).

Idioms and Phrases with in one's tracks (2 of 2)

track