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View definitions for double back

double back

verb as in retrace one's steps

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Example Sentences

But he couldn't double back without being seen and this time they'd be close enough to fill him with lead.

I'll be gee-whizzly-gol-dusted if he ain't a malleable-iron-double-back-action self-adjusting corn-cracker.'

It was hardly possible that she would double back, even if she evaded their rigorous search.

He had no time to double back into the gorse, and here there was no covert but a few bushes, therefore he headed for the wood.

The next weapon tried was Jink's double back-action revolving cannon for ferry-boats.

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On this page you'll find 23 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to double back, such as: backpedal, backtrack, back up, circle, dodge, and loop.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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