there and back
Example Sentences
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The Catholic Church's first US pope has been invited by Prince Albert II and would travel there and back from the Vatican in a day, the source said.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
And Annie drove two hours every day, there and back, to work in Norman.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025
"The hospital is an hour away from us and I don't drive. It was costing us £48 a day for us to travel in taxis there and back."
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2025
In all, the vice president spent barely 24 hours on the ground in Dubai, less time than the roughly 15 hours each way it took to get there and back from Washington.
From Washington Times • Dec. 3, 2023
“No. But it must not be very far. He’d been there and back that day.”
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
