double back
double back · doubles back · doubled back · doubling back
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kehrtmachen
To retrace one's stepsTo retrace one's steps; to go back where one has already gone.
» Let's double back.
Давай повторим все сначала.
Повернімося до початкового пункту.
Meaning
1 senses(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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More definitions
- retrace one's course
Examples
2 sentencesLet's double back.
Повернімося до початкового пункту.
ruДавай повторим все сначала.
Sorry I'm late; I forgot my sunglasses at home so I had to double back to get them.
Translations
3 languagesРусский
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Forms
doubles back, doubling back, doubled back, doubled back| Base form | double back · to double back |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | doubles back |
| Present participle | doubling back |
| Past simple | doubled back |
| Past participle | doubled back |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
5 phrasal verbs- double upподвоїти, подвоюватиTo double the quantity, amount or duration of something
- double overподвоїти, подвоюватиTo bend over deeply at the waist.
- double offAfter a fly ball is caught, to tag the base (a runner) was on at the time of the pitch, thereby causing them to be out for failure to tag up.
- double downTo double one's wager, particularly, the name of a specific doubling bet allowed in blackjack.
- double backTo retrace one's steps; to go back where one has already gone.
Synonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb