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DOUBLE BACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does double back mean? 

DOUBLE BACK (verb)
  The verb DOUBLE BACK has 1 sense:

1. retrace one's courseplay

  Familiarity information: DOUBLE BACK used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DOUBLE BACK (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Retrace one's course

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

backtrack; double back; turn back

Context example:

The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back

Hypernyms (to "double back" is one way to...):

return (go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s


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