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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Carey nailed her first three landings, only to bounce out of her final pass – a simple double back; perhaps, too easy for the three-time Olympic medalist. — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026 The track heads down Pennsylvania Avenue from 3rd Street to 9th Street NW, then doubles back to 7th Street, then goes south to Independence Avenue alongside the National Mall before looping back to 3rd Street. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026 Dog Days, a fusion of memoir, criticism, psychoanalysis, and even scientific theory, makes this stuttering sensation its structuring principle, as the book changes forms and perspectives, doubles back. — Literary Hub, 30 July 2026 The story zigs and zags, then doubles back on itself to excavate previously unknown details. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 July 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 12 Aug. 2026.

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