double back en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To retrace one's steps; to go back where one has already gone.
And now she has the real dilemma: press on to King’s Landing, where I have no doubt she could get as close to killing Cersei as anyone else, or double back to Winterfell to reunite with her family.
2017 July 23, Brandon Nowalk, “The great game begins with a bang on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:They doubled back in hopes of finding the road again.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| doubles back | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| doubled back | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| doubled back | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| doubling back | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (8)
fr revenir sur ses pas (Translations) · fi kääntyä takaisin (Translations) · mi kōnumi (Translations) · fi palata samoja jälkiä (Translations) · de kehrtmachen (Translations) · ko 뒤돌아보다 (Translations) · ru вернуться (Translations) · mi kōnuminumi (Translations)