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Definition of "there and back" []

  • On or for a round trip journey, literal or figurative. (phrase)

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Use "there and back" in a sentence
  • "Father went with us and Charley went to shake the trees, we walked there and back again and gathered chinquapens all day, we were very tired when we got home."
  • "Based on subsequent analysis of the TV footage showing him running there and back (he used a loping, foot-to-foot stride), his speed appears to have been about 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) per hour."