track
track
informal To be in agreement or accordance (with something); to concur with or corroborate some piece of information. Usually used in negative constructions. Her testimony doesn't track with the defendant's alibi. The two sets of figures just don't track. I suspect they're trying to make their sales numbers look more impressive for their shareholders.
tracks
slang Marks left on one's skin from repeated injections of intravenous drugs, especially heroin. I caught a glimpse of the tracks on his arm, and I realized that he may need more serious help than I had thought.
See also: track
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
track
1. in. [for a laser beam, a phonograph stylus, a tape head, etc.] to successfully transfer information to or from a recording medium. Something here won’t track. Must be the stylus.
2. in. [for a person] to make sense. (Usually in the negative.) She wasn’t tracking. There was no sense in trying to talk to her before she came out of it.
3. in. to coincide; to agree; to jibe. These two things don’t track. I don’t know what’s wrong.
4. n. a musical selection on a recording of some kind. The next track is my favorite.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- a track record
- along the beaten track
- around the block
- back on track
- be off the beaten track
- be on the right track
- be on the right/wrong track
- be on the wrong track
- be on track
- beaten track, (off) the
- cover (one's) tracks (up)
- cover one's tracks
- cover tracks
- cover your tracks
- dead in (someone's or something's) tracks
- dead in one's tracks
- dead in or an animal's tracks
- down the track
- drop in (one's) tracks
- drop in one's tracks
- drop in tracks
- fast lane/track, in/on the
- fast track
- fast-track
- follow in (one's) tracks
- follow in someone's footsteps
- follow in tracks
- from the wrong side of the tracks
- from/on the wrong side of the tracks
- get off track
- get the inside track
- give (one) the inside track
- halt (someone or something) (dead) in its/(one's) tracks
- have a one-track mind
- have the inside track
- hot on (one's) tracks
- hot on (one's) trail
- hot on somebody's/something's tracks/trail
- hot on the track of (someone or something)
- in (one's) tracks
- in tracks
- inside track
- inside track, the
- jump the track
- jump the track(s)
- keep on (the right) track
- keep on track
- keep tab
- keep track
- keep track of (someone or something)
- keep track of something/someone
- keep/lose track
- lose track
- lose track of (someone or something)
- lose track of something/someone
- make tracks
- make tracks, to
- mommy track
- off (the) track
- off the beaten track
- off the track
- on the beaten track
- on the fast track
- on the right tack
- on the right track
- on the track of (someone or something)
- on the trail
- on the wallaby (track)
- on the wallaby track
- on the wrong side of the tracks
- on the wrong tack
- on the wrong track
- on track
- one-track mind
- one-track mind, to have a
- other side of the tracks
- put (one) off the track
- put off the track
- railroad tracks
- right side of the tracks
- right tack/track, to take/on the
- side of the tracks
- stay on (the right) track
- stop (dead) in (one's) tracks
- stop (someone or something) (dead) in its/(one's) tracks
- stop cold
- stop dead in tracks
- stop one dead in tracks
- stop someone in their tracks
- stop something in its tracks
- stop/halt somebody in their tracks
- the fast track
- the inside track
- the other side of the tracks
- the right side of the tracks
- the wrong side of the tracks
- throw (one) off the track
- throw off the track
- track
- track (something) all over
- track (something) into (some place)
- track down
- track in
- track into some place
- track over
- track record
- track up
- track with (something)
- tracks
- wrong side of the tracks
- wrong side of the tracks, the