ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

shadow, hang on the skirts of; tread on the heels of, follow on the heels of; camp on the
trail.
Adj. subsequent, next, succeeding; following &c v..
Adv. behind; in the rear &c 235, in the train of, in the wake of; after &c (order) 63,
(time) 117.
282. [Motion forward; progressive motion.] Progression -- N. progress, progression,
progressiveness; advancing &c v.; advance, advancement; ongoing; flood, tide, headway;
march &c 266; rise; improvement &c 658.
V. advance; proceed, progress; get on, get along, get over the ground; gain ground; forge
ahead; jog on, rub on, wag on; go with the stream; keep one's course, hold on one's
course; go on, move on, come one, get on, pass on, push on, press on, go forward, move
forward, come forward, get forward, pass forward, push forward, press forward, go
forwards, move forwards, come forwards, get forwards, pass forwards, push forwards,
press forwards, go ahead, move ahead, come ahead, get ahead, pass ahead, push ahead,
press ahead; make one's way, work one's way, carve one's way, push one's way, force
one's way, edge one's way, elbow one's way; make progress, make head, make way,
make headway, make advances, make strides, make rapid strides &c (velocity) 274; go
ahead, shoot ahead; distance; make up leeway.
Adj. advancing &c v.; progressive, profluent † ; advanced.
Adv. forward, onward; forth, on, ahead, under way, en route for, on one's way, on the
way, on the road, on the high road, on the road to; in progress; in mid progress; in transitu
&c 270 [Lat.].
Phr. vestigia nulla retrorsum [Lat.]; westward the course of empire takes its way
[Berkeley].
283. [Motion backwards.] Regression -- N. regress, regression; retrocession † ,
retrogression, retrograduation † , retroaction; reculade † ; retreat, withdrawal, retirement,
remigration † ; recession &c (motion from) 287; recess; crab-like motion.
refluence † , reflux; backwater, regurgitation, ebb, return; resilience reflection, reflexion
[Brit.] (recoil) 277; flip-flop, volte-face [Fr.].
counter motion, retrograde motion, backward movement, motion in reverse, counter
movement, counter march; veering, tergiversation, recidivation † , backsliding, fall;
deterioration &c 659; recidivism, recidivity † .
reversal, relapse, turning point &c (reversion) 145.
V. recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire; retrograde, retrocede; back out; back
down; balk; crawfish [U.S.], crawl [Slang]; withdraw; rebound &c 277; go back, come
back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back; lose
ground; fall astern, drop astern; backwater, put about; backtrack, take the back track; veer
round; double, wheel, countermarch; ebb, regurgitate; jib, shrink, shy.
turn tail, turn round, turn upon one's heel, turn one's back upon; retrace one's steps,
dance the back step; sound a retreat, beat a retreat; go home.
Adj. receding &c v.; retrograde, retrogressive; regressive, refluent † , reflex, recidivous,
resilient; crab-like; balky; reactionary &c 277.
Adv. back, backwards; reflexively, to the right about; a reculons [Fr.], a rebours [Fr.].
Phr. revenons a nos moutons [Fr.], as you were.