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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Without hesitation, her husband doubled back to retrieve her statement accessory before the event officially started.
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Taryn Finley, Essence, 4 Mar. 2025
FedEx Flight 3609 was supposed to run from Newark to Indianapolis, but the plane instead had to double back after colliding with a bird around 8 a.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2025
The gunman doubled back to the class across the hall, but not to Room 1214.
—Emily Baumgaertner Nunn, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
James Franklin found Omari Evans on the sideline at the Fiesta Bowl and doubled back to give the wide receiver a hug.
—Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
The final photograph, David Northall's 'Spiked,' shows a relentless honey badger doubling back to attack a porcupine that has left the badger bloodied and covered in large quills.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Jordan Pickford, the England goalkeeper, began to trot over too, before suddenly doubling back.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, The Athletic, 6 July 2024
But after that, sure enough, fun highlights, including the tippy top of the loop and superfast glimpse of Universal CityWalk, the busting through the New York facade, surfing above the queue and doubling back dramatically to the loading station.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
But when Dellinger committed to LSU, Rees doubled back, offering a scholarship in March of the lineman’s junior year.
—Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Taryn Finley, Essence, 4 Mar. 2025
FedEx Flight 3609 was supposed to run from Newark to Indianapolis, but the plane instead had to double back after colliding with a bird around 8 a.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2025
The gunman doubled back to the class across the hall, but not to Room 1214.
—Emily Baumgaertner Nunn, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
James Franklin found Omari Evans on the sideline at the Fiesta Bowl and doubled back to give the wide receiver a hug.
—Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
The final photograph, David Northall's 'Spiked,' shows a relentless honey badger doubling back to attack a porcupine that has left the badger bloodied and covered in large quills.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Jordan Pickford, the England goalkeeper, began to trot over too, before suddenly doubling back.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, The Athletic, 6 July 2024
But after that, sure enough, fun highlights, including the tippy top of the loop and superfast glimpse of Universal CityWalk, the busting through the New York facade, surfing above the queue and doubling back dramatically to the loading station.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
But when Dellinger committed to LSU, Rees doubled back, offering a scholarship in March of the lineman’s junior year.
—Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Double back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20back. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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