double back

verb

1. intr, adverb to go back in the opposite direction (esp in the phrase double back on one's tracks )

Idioms and Phrases

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]

Example Sentences

Sydney got off at the next station and doubled back to meet up with Paris and Brooklyn at the Gate of Hell.

From Literature

The winery was named after the idea that he “doubled back and returned home.”

From Seattle Times

She punctuated her strong showing with a flawless double back dismount, saluting the judges before she was mobbed by her teammates.

From Seattle Times

It suggests that the sensible way forward is to double back.

From New York Times

The men stumbled and one fell as the boy doubled back, jumping over the fallen man and speeding past his furious companion.

From Literature