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there and back
Language:
Meanings:
1.
Worldwide
British English
American English
neutral
informal
To travel to a place and return to the point of origin; a round trip.
To go somewhere and come back, often implying completion of the outward and return journeys.
2.
Worldwide
informal
colloquial
Used idiomatically to indicate that an action will be completed quickly or within a short time span (e.g., 'be there and back before...').
To make repeated trips back and forth between two points.
Examples:
EN:
You mean in one night you'll walk there and back?
ES:
¿Quieres decir que en una noche harás la ida y la vuelta?
EN:
He used an electric handcar in the new subway to get there and back.
ES:
Se desplazó con un carrito del metro. ¡Vamos!
EN:
You'll be there and back before they even arrive.
ES:
Irá y regresará antes de que ellos lleguen.
EN:
- How long will it take to get there and back?
ES:
¿Cuánto tardaría en ir y volver?
EN:
To get the band there and back by bus and two days in Chicago it'll cost about $200.
ES:
Llevar a la banda de ida y vuelta en bus y dos días en Chicago... costaría cerca de 200 dólares.
EN:
- I will take you there and back.
ES:
- Te llevo y te traigo.
EN:
Excellent, there and back.
ES:
- Óptimo, la ida y la vuelta.
EN:
If I had a balloon that would take me there and back, mind you, I don't know that I wouldn't have a go at it.
ES:
Si tuviera un globo que me llevara allí y me volviera a traer, no sé si lo intentaría.
EN:
Only takes a few hours there and back.
ES:
Lo tendremos en un par de horas.
EN:
I went to the store twice today and some men followed me there and back both times.
ES:
Hoy fui dos veces a la tienda y varios hombres me siguieron a la ida y al regreso.
EN:
I took her there. Both there and back.
ES:
La llevé allí y la traje de regreso.
EN:
You walk up there and back every time you pitch?
ES:
¿Tienes que ir y volver cada vez que juegas?
EN:
Give him his pistol then. You can get there and back by tonight.
ES:
Denle su revólver e intenten estar de vuelta esta noche.
EN:
We can get there and back before nightfall.
ES:
Podemos ponernos allí y regresar antes de que caiga la noche.
EN:
Well, from there to the South Pole is a flight of 7000 miles, that is, there and back.
ES:
De allí al Polo Sur, es un vuelo de 7000 millas sin retorno.
EN:
You mean in one night you'll walk there and back?
ES:
¿Quieres decir que en una noche harás la ida y la vuelta?
EN:
He used an electric handcar in the new subway to get there and back.
ES:
Se desplazó con un carrito del metro. ¡Vamos!
EN:
You'll be there and back before they even arrive.
ES:
Irá y regresará antes de que ellos lleguen.
EN:
- How long will it take to get there and back?
ES:
¿Cuánto tardaría en ir y volver?
EN:
To get the band there and back by bus and two days in Chicago it'll cost about $200.
ES:
Llevar a la banda de ida y vuelta en bus y dos días en Chicago... costaría cerca de 200 dólares.
EN:
- I will take you there and back.
ES:
- Te llevo y te traigo.
EN:
Excellent, there and back.
ES:
- Óptimo, la ida y la vuelta.
EN:
If I had a balloon that would take me there and back, mind you, I don't know that I wouldn't have a go at it.
ES:
Si tuviera un globo que me llevara allí y me volviera a traer, no sé si lo intentaría.
EN:
Only takes a few hours there and back.
ES:
Lo tendremos en un par de horas.
EN:
Well, from there to the South Pole is a flight of 7000 miles, that is, there and back.
ES:
De allí al Polo Sur, es un vuelo de 7000 millas sin retorno.
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