[in one's
tracks] {adv. phr.}, {informal} 1. Just where one is atthe moment; abruptly;
immediately.
The hunter's rifle cracked andthe rabbit dropped in his tracks.
Mary stopped dead in her tracks,turned around, and ran back home.
Syn.: ON
THE SPOT(1), THEN ANDTHERE. 2. See: FOLLOW IN ONE'S
FOOTSTEPS.
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