"double back" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-double back.ogg [Australia] Forms: doubles back [present, singular, third-person], doubling back [participle, present], doubled back [participle, past], doubled back [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} double back (third-person singular simple present doubles back, present participle doubling back, simple past and past participle doubled back)
  1. (idiomatic) To retrace one's steps; to go back where one has already gone. Tags: idiomatic Translations (Translations): kääntyä takaisin (Finnish), palata samoja jälkiä (Finnish), revenir sur ses pas (French), kōnumi (Maori), kōnuminumi (Maori)
    Sense id: en-double_back-en-verb-yYNqFFNw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (back)

Inflected forms

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