Transport going back a few feet taking time (7)
I believe the answer is:
drayage
'transport' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'going back a few feet taking time' is the wordplay.
'going back' is a reversal indicator.
'a few feet' becomes 'yard' (I've seen this before).
'taking' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'time' becomes 'age' (age is a kind of time).
'yard' reversed gives 'dray'.
'dray'+'age'='DRAYAGE'
(Other definitions for drayage that I've seen before include "business" , "Lorry transport" .)