double back (on someone or something)

double back (on someone or something)
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.

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

I doubled back on my own trail.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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