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
See:
  • 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
References in classic literature
We did so, and at the end of a few hundred yards lost the tracks as we emerged from the boggy portion of the moor.
"It is, of course, possible that a cunning man might change the tires of his bicycle in order to leave unfamiliar tracks. A criminal who was capable of such a thought is a man whom I should be proud to do business with.
The tracks of the tire began to curve fantastically upon the wet and shining path.
"Strange, Watson, that we should see tracks all along our line, but never a cow on the whole moor.
"Can you recall that the tracks were sometimes like that, Watson"--he arranged a number of bread-crumbs in this fashion--
This fellow Hayes had shod his horses with shoes which counterfeited the tracks of cows.
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'There is no encroachment on the railway track; it is right of way of the railway track that has encroachment,' he said while talking to media after reviewing the anti-encroachment drive on the railway track.
Sarwar Ali Khan, CEO, TPL Trakker said, 'We are really excited to launch our latest 'Track Me' feature; an indigenous personal tracking solution of our Trakker App.
According to Pakistan Railways authorities, it has also been decided to upgrade the 2679 kilometers existing track. As many as 89 locomotives will be restored under the new plan.
The Double-Track system, which commenced on 11th September, 2018 with the Green Track, has ensured that as many qualified students as possible gain access to secondary education in the country.
Follow sheep tracks above righthand crest, head for ancient earthwork down righthand spur.