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Meanings of doubling back in English

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Usage of doubling back in English
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Since we came from Neris, doubling back on our course is unlikely.
Quarter share: a trader's tale from the golden age of the solar ...
2
In doubling back after Tarzan, Sheeta had passed around a low bush.
Jungle Tales of Tarzan
3
We banked sharply to the right, doubling back in a tight circle.
White Hunter, Black Heart
4
The lad nodded and led us still to our right, doubling back.
Andivius Hedulio: Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of ...
5
Here the sedge-birds left me, doubling back to their favourite willow-stoles and sedges.
Round About a Great Estate
6
Her mind was like this: doubling back, forming strange connections, dipping into the past.
The passage
7
Then you can see it doubling back again, turning-it must have been chased.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
8
He even considered doubling back; but what was the use?
The Promise / A Tale of the Great Northwest
9
I think he's doubling back toward my parents' house.
Finger lickin' fifteen
10
She started running again, skidding around a corner, doubling back the way she'd just come.
Arcanum Unbounded
11
No signs of anyone doubling back from another side.
The Postman
12
If we go back to the main entrance, we'll have to waste time doubling back.
Funland
13
It was a narrow slant of ledge, doubling back parallel with the course already traversed.
The Rainbow Trail
14
If fevered by infection, she might have become lost, doubling back on her own trail.
Forge of Darkness
15
There were several reasons for his thus doubling back.
My Lady Ludlow
16
One of the gallants manages this doubling back trick, only to run into his wife.
The Irish Times
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
Common