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.

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Often what has looked like a straight line to me has been a circle or a doubling back. Tim Maurer, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025 Tracking data for the vessel showed the ship heading southwest before doubling back to its previous position. Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025 Cuomo’s one error in fixing LGA was banking on a very stupid, very expensive, $2.4 billion people mover called the AirTrain that would have required travelers from Manhattan and other points west to double back after taking the LIRR or No. 7. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025 Higher standard deduction, no personal exemptions: The law preserves — and temporarily boosts — the higher standard deduction, which was nearly doubled back in 2017. Aris Folley, The Hill, 21 May 2025 The higher standard deduction and cancellation of personal exemptions will remain The law preserves — and temporarily boosts — the higher standard deduction, which was nearly doubled back in 2017. Tobias Burns, The Hill, 21 May 2025 It’s believed that is one reason why the Giants doubled back with such detailed work on Sanders, Alabama’s Jalen Milroe and Louisville’s Tyler Shough. Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025 Webber doubled back in 2024, citing more current defamatory comments from Dash from his appearances on Earn Your Leisure. Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 30 Apr. 2025 The family doubled back to the intersection, where a gunman stopped them and ripped open the driver’s seat door. Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025

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“Double back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20back. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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