walks back the cat

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

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of walk back the cat
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