loop back
Revisit the start
Loop back means to return to an earlier point, whether physically or figuratively.
A trail might loop back to the starting point.
In conversation, to loop back is to revisit a topic: Let me loop back to what you said earlier.
In computing, to loop back is to route a signal back to its source for testing.
The phrase often appears in business jargon as a promise to follow up: I'll loop back with you on that.
- returnGo back again
- circleCurved closed shape
- revisitExamine again later
- touch baseCommunicate briefly to update
- recurHappen more than once
feedback · retrace · boomerang · rewind · cycle · revolve · repeat · backtrack · recap · revert · spiral · orbit · round trip · echo · bounce · reconnect · come around · full circle
- returnsreturn, rebound, comeback, refund, rebate
- shoe lacingcriss-cross, parallel, over under, lattice, checkerboard
- going backwardretreated, reversed, returned, withdrew, backtracked