double back

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double back

verb doubles back · doubling back · doubled back

idiomatic To retrace one's steps; to go back where one has already gone. They doubled back in hopes of finding the road again.

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한국어	뒤돌아보다 dwidolaboda
Français	revenir sur ses pas
Deutsch	kehrtmachen
Русский	вернуться vernutʹsja

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@misc{double_back_2026,
  title = {double back},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/double%20back},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}