there and back

1.
WorldwideBritish EnglishAmerican Englishneutralinformal
- 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.
Worldwideinformalcolloquial
- 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.

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