DOUBLE BACK (ON SOMEONE OR SOMETHING)

double back (on someone or something): translation

double back (on someone or something)

[for a person or animal] to reverse motion, moving toward (rather than away from) someone or something. (Refers primarily to a person or animal that is being pursued by someone or a group.) •

The deer doubled back on the hunter.

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The robber doubled back on the police, and they lost track of him.

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I doubled back on my own trail.