Reverse one's course, go back the way one has come. For example, The officer lost the suspect, who had doubled back on him. This term, at first put simply as to double, is used largely to describe a way of evading pursuit. [Late 1500s]
double back
| Idioms: double back |
| Antonyms: double back |
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Definition: reverse path
Antonyms: forge, forward, go forward
| WordNet: double back |
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The verb has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
retrace one's course
Synonyms: backtrack, turn back
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