The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RETRACE
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More clues leading to the result RETRACE
- Go back over caterer's revised order
- Go back over contest – about time to cover it
- Once more, find European president doing a U-turn
- Go over and over in apple-cart erratically
- Go back over caterer’s cooking
- Go over with backing of English and former US president
- Go back over ordering caterer
- Renew the outline of crumbling terrace
- Run over from Beetle car, terribly upset
- Backtrack and nearly recreate setting
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The straight part
We know that "Go back over" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case go back over = retrace.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does RETRACE mean?
RETRACE noun- The period when the beam of the cathode-ray tube returns to its initial horizontal position in order to start the next line of the display.
- To trace (a line, etc. in drawing) again.
- To go back over something, usually in an attempt of rediscovery.