there and back
Out and return
There and back describes a round trip—going to a destination and returning to the starting point.
The phrase emphasizes completeness of the journey: It's two hours there and back.
Often used when estimating total travel time or distance: Can you make it there and back before dinner?
- homecomingReturning to one's origin
- full circleReturn to origin
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- loopCurve closing on itself
- journeyTravel from place to place
road trip · quest · repetition · oscillation · recurrence · cycle · closure · pendulum · circuit · voyage · boomerang · adventure · return · return journey · symmetry · trek · commute · resolution
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