Meanings
present singular third person doubles back · participle present doubling back · participle past doubled back · past doubled back
- idiomaticTo retrace one's steps; to go back where one has already gone.
They doubled back in hopes of finding the road again.
1 more example
And now she has the real dilemma: press on to King’s Landing, where I have no doubt she could get as close to killing Cersei as anyone else, or double back to Winterfell to reunite with her family.
2017 July 23, Brandon Nowalk, “The great game begins with a bang on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2017
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish kääntyä takaisin, palata samoja jälkiä
- kääntyä takaisinTranslations
- palata samoja jälkiäTranslations
French revenir sur ses pas
- revenir sur ses pasTranslations
German kehrtmachen
- kehrtmachenTranslations
Korean 뒤돌아보다
- 뒤돌아보다 (dwidolaboda)Translations
Māori kōnumi, kōnuminumi
- kōnumiTranslations
- kōnuminumiTranslations
Russian вернуться
- вернуться (vernutʹsja)Translations
Cite this entry
double back. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20back
“double back.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20back. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “double back,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20back.
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