there and back
Example Sentences
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"The surgery is lovely, but the difficulty is getting there and back."
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
The Catholic Church's first US pope has been invited by Prince Albert II and would travel there and back from the Vatican in a day, the source said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
In all, the vice president spent barely 24 hours on the ground in Dubai, less time than the roughly 15 hours each way it took to get there and back from Washington.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
Young said she doesn’t know how she would have gotten through the sentencing of her son’s killer last fall if it weren’t for Alicia Dassa, who drove her there and back, and took notes.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2023
The trip there and back took him just four days—and this at a time, remember, when there were no maintained footpaths or helpful blazes.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
