walk the cat back

A form of walk back the cat — To reconstruct the sequence of events in order to identify the point of failure in an operation and ascertain responsibility.

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Meanings

verbwalk the cat back (third-person singular simple present walks the cat back, present participle walking the cat back, simple past and past participle walked the cat back)

present singular third person walks the cat back · participle present walking the cat back · participle past walked the cat back · past walked the cat back

  1. alternativeAlternative form of walk back the cat.
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Chicago

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