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
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British Dictionary definitions for tracks (1 of 2)
tracks
/ (træks) /
pl n
(sometimes singular)
marks, such as footprints, tyre impressions, etc, left by someone or something that has passed
in one's tracks
on the very spot where one is standing (esp in the phrase stop in one's tracks)
make tracks
to leave or depart
make tracks for
to go or head towards
the wrong side of the tracks
the unfashionable or poor district or stratum of a community
British Dictionary definitions for tracks (2 of 2)
track
/ (træk) /
noun
verb
See also
tracks
Derived forms of track
trackable, adjective tracker, nounWord 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 tracks
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