tracks
/ (træks) /
(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
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How to use tracks in a sentence
She also tracks his deteriorating health through the harrowing videos of the captives regularly released by the Nusra Front.
A Sunni-Shia Love Story Imperiled by al Qaeda | Ruth Michaelson | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBrinsley was trying to produce tracks—hip-hop, mostly—and he apparently had a knack as a techie.
One line in “Winter Wonderland” has stopped countless people dead in their tracks.
The Most Confusing Christmas Music Lyrics Explained (VIDEO) | Kevin Fallon | December 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn it, Kraven the Hunter tracks down Spider-Man, shoots him repeatedly, and leaves him for dead, buried underground.
Exclusive: Sony Hack Reveals Studio's Detailed Plans For Another ‘Spider-Man’ Reboot | William Boot | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis study uses the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), which is really a tool that tracks crimes.
College Girls Are Less Likely to Be Raped Than Non-Students | Brandy Zadrozny | December 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
In the nine differently colored circular tracks, rolled little globes representing the planets.
Fee of the Frontier | Horace Brown FyfeThese cars run along on tracks through streets in which round stones are set in, side by side.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin | Mary Hazelton WadeNothing, at least, that I could see except faint tracks leading away from the spot.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairI swung my horse around in his tracks and raced him back to the poplars, knowing what I would find, and yet refusing to believe.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairThere were infinite possibilities for "the greaser" to pocket a goodly share of the profits, and "cover up his tracks."
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
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