Double back In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "double back", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Julia Huong calendar 2021-09-11 10:09

Meaning of Double back

Double back phrasal verb

Go back the way you have come

We had to double back to find the house key I dropped on the way here.

After asking for the way to the museum, she doubled back.

Other phrases about:

run back

1. To go back to a place very quickly 
2. To take someone back to somewhere, especially by car 
3. To wind a video or recording back to the beginning or an earlier point
4. To run while carrying the ball from one's end of the field toward that of one's opponents

give me tit for tat
To give someone something equal to what they have given you 
take home

1. To go back to one's home with someone or something. 
2. To get a particular award.
3. To think about something such as a piece of information, advice, or instruction carefully and seriously.

relapse into (something)

To return to a previous worse state.

rise from the grave

1. To come back from the dead.

2. To wake up after a long sleep.

Grammar and Usage of Double back

Verb Forms

  • doubled back
  • doubles back
  • doubling back
  • to double back

The verb "double" should be conjugated according to its tense.

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