track in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
track in Hindi हिन्दी
track in Kashmiri कॉशुर
track in Marathi मराठी
track in Sindhi سنڌي
track in Telugu తెలుగు
track in English
- track⇄expr. in one's tracks, (Informal.) right where one is; on the spot.
Ex. The squirrel froze in its tracks when it saw the boys. The rifle was fired ... and he fell dead in his tracks (R. Carlton). - track⇄expr. jump the track, to run off the rails suddenly; derail without warning.
Ex. The train jumped the track. - track⇄expr. keep track of, to keep within one's sight, knowledge, or attention.
Ex. The noise made it difficult for me to keep track of what you said. - track⇄expr. lose track of, to fail to keep track of.
Ex. When on vacation, it is easy to lose track of what day it is. - track⇄expr. make tracks, (Informal.)
a. to go very fast; run away.
Ex. We saw a bear and made tracks for home.
b. (Figurative.) to make rapid progress.
Ex. Considering that she started with $5,000 ... Miss Capriotti is making tracks ( - track⇄expr. off the beaten track,
a. remote; little used.
Ex. Airlines fly into primarily rural areas off the beaten track of the big trunk airlines linking the nation's major cities (Wall Street Journal).
b. (Figurative.) not what might be - track⇄expr. off the track, off the right or proper course; off the subject; wrong.
Ex. The speaker was a long way off the track. - track⇄expr. on the track, on the right or proper course; on the subject; right.
Ex. ""If they use some sense in managing their ... farms they will probably get back on the track,"" says one U.S. farm expert here (Wall Street Journal). - track⇄expr. the wrong side of the tracks, (U.S.) the poor or run-down section of a town or city; slums.
Ex. There are plenty of children from the wrong side of the tracks whose test scores surpass the average (Saturday Review). - track⇄noun 1. a double line of metal rails for cars to run on. A railroad line has tracks.
2. a mark left by anything.
Ex. The dirt road showed many automobile tracks.
3. a footprint.
Ex. We saw bear and deer tracks near the camp. < - track⇄track, noun, verb.
- track⇄v.i. 1. to follow a track or trail.
2a. (of wheels) to run in the same track; be in alignment.
b. (of opposite wheels or runners) to be a certain distance apart. - track⇄v.t. 1. to follow, as by means of footprints, marks, or smell.
Ex. The hunter tracked the bear and killed it.
2. to trace in any way.
Ex. to track down a criminal.
3. to find and follow (a track or course).
4. to make one