there and back

English

Etymology

Possibly a shortening of to there and back.

Pronunciation

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Phrase

there and back

1. (idiomatic) On or for a round trip journey, literal or figurative.

   It took me about 20 minutes there and back.

   You don't need to tell me about depression. I've been there and back.

Related terms

• out-and-back

Translations

on or for a round trip journey (literal)

• Finnish: sinne ja takaisin, menopaluuna, edestakaisin (fi)
• German: hin und zurück
• Hungarian: oda-vissza (hu)
• Polish: tam i z powrotem (pl)
• Russian: туда́ и обра́тно (ru) (tudá i obrátno)
• Spanish: ir y volver, estar allí y volver

on or for a round trip journey (figurative)

• Finnish: sinne ja takaisin
• Russian: (уже) проходи́ли (ru) (proxodíli) (already covered (as in a school program))