there and back
On or for a round trip journey, literal or figurative.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“It takes two hours to go there and back.”
“I need to drive to the city and back to pick up my sister from the airport.”
“The long journey there and back across the mountains proved more exhausting than the travelers had originally anticipated.”
disputed origin
Possibly a shortening of to there and back.
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all the way to Egery and back
The long way; a roundabout route; a long distance to travel.
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all there
Mentally competent; not absent-minded or insane.
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as if there were no tomorrow
To an excessive degree, oftentimes with little to no regard to future consequences; desperately; recklessly or wantonly; frantically; very quickly or very much.
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back down
To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously had, or has planned to have.
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back forty
The most remote or inaccessible part of any place.
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back gammon player
A person, chiefly a homosexual, who has anal sex.
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back in the game
Having recovered from a disadvantageous position.
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back into
To advance to the post-season as a result of another team's loss, especially where one's own team has also lost.
Last updated August 10, 2026