double back
phrasal verb
doubled back; doubling back; doubles back
: to turn around and return on the same path
I'm going to double back to see if I dropped the ring on the way here.
Examples of double back in a Sentence
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From the 1st through the 25th, Mercury is retrograde in Aries, encouraging you to double back to the past in order to find the most direct through lines to efficiency and truth.
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Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Mar. 2024
By the fifth level, your humans are jumping, long-jumping, floating to extend their long jumps, dispersing through liquid cubes, and often doubling back on themselves.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2023
Maybe breaking the mold means trying something new and then doubling back to familiar ground?
—Hillary Crosley Coker, Variety, 30 Jan. 2024
Each hole takes two-and-a-half days to complete, and will house vertical piping made of high density polyethylene, doubled back on itself like a giant bendy straw.
—Cara Buckley, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
Just five days later, Trump doubled back on himself yet again.
—Matthew J. Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2018
Alarmed, Butler doubles back and finds her in the kitchen.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2023
As next week’s elections loom, Virginia parents are thinking about teacher shortages and the long wait at bus stops when drivers have to double back on routes, about their children’s mental health and their pandemic learning setbacks.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
Hilmi, assuming the collision was minor, said good-bye and doubled back.
—Nathan Thrall, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2023
Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Mar. 2024
By the fifth level, your humans are jumping, long-jumping, floating to extend their long jumps, dispersing through liquid cubes, and often doubling back on themselves.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2023
Maybe breaking the mold means trying something new and then doubling back to familiar ground?
—Hillary Crosley Coker, Variety, 30 Jan. 2024
Each hole takes two-and-a-half days to complete, and will house vertical piping made of high density polyethylene, doubled back on itself like a giant bendy straw.
—Cara Buckley, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
Just five days later, Trump doubled back on himself yet again.
—Matthew J. Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2018
Alarmed, Butler doubles back and finds her in the kitchen.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2023
As next week’s elections loom, Virginia parents are thinking about teacher shortages and the long wait at bus stops when drivers have to double back on routes, about their children’s mental health and their pandemic learning setbacks.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
Hilmi, assuming the collision was minor, said good-bye and doubled back.
—Nathan Thrall, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2023
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“Double back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20back. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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