double back

verb

doubled back; doubling back; doubles back
Synonyms of double backnext
: 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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Now the trail has doubled back. — Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026 Now Hendy doubled back, an ace up his sleeve. — Eric Moskowitz, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026 That way, anything that falls gets picked up at the end instead of forcing you to double back. — Colleen Sullivan, Martha Stewart, 2 May 2026 Up the stairs onto the elevated tracks, wait two minutes, double back again, through the park, across the basketball courts, around the corner. — Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for double back

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“Double back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20back. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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