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

Recent Examples on the Web

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

He’s focused on more than fripperies, though: there are three Internet carriers here, for a double back up and blazing speeds, as well as cell service across the property, a rarity even at the toniest lodges. —Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2023