English Dictionary

walk back the cat

動詞

(intelligence) To retrace events so as to determine where an operation went wrong and who was responsible. / (diplomacy) To back down; to adopt a position where one is more willing to compromise.

日本語の意味

（情報活動の文脈）出来事を遡り、どこで操作が失敗したか、また誰が責任を負うべきかを調査する / （外交の文脈）強硬な態度を退き、より譲歩的な立場に変わる

To solve the breach, the lead agent had to walk back the cat through the mission timeline to determine where the plan was compromised and who was responsible.

侵害を解明するため、主任捜査官は計画がどの時点で破られ、誰が責任を負うのかを突き止めるために作戦の経緯を遡って検証しなければならなかった。

意味（1）

(intelligence) To retrace events so as to determine where an operation went wrong and who was responsible.

Bernhard had been called back to headquarters for a conference, a general review of current operations with special attention to methods and sources, connecting dots while they walked back the cat, a dispirited and dispiriting exercise.

意味（2）

(diplomacy) To back down; to adopt a position where one is more willing to compromise.

walks back the cat （ present singular third-person ）

walking back the cat （ participle present ）

walked back the cat （ participle past ）

walked back the cat （ past ）