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there and back

there and back phrase: on or for a round trip journey, literal or figurative.

Phrase

there and back

  1. (idiomatic) On or for a round trip journey, literal or figurative.
    • It took me about 20 minutes there and back.
    • You don't need to tell me about depression. I've been there and back.

there and back meaning in Bengali

there and back in Bengali

কোনো যাতায়াতের যাত্রায়, আক্ষরিক, রূপক অর্থে

Origin of there and back

Possibly a shortening of to there and back.

Questions about there and back

What does there and back mean?
There and back means on or for a round trip journey, literal or figurative.
What is there and back in Bengali?
There and back in Bengali is কোনো যাতায়াতের যাত্রায়, আক্ষরিক, রূপক অর্থে. See There and back meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is there and back?
There and back is a phrase.

Words near there and back in the dictionary

  1. therblig
  2. therbligs
  3. there
  4. there again
  5. there ain't no such thing as a free lunch
  6. there and back
  7. there and then
  8. there are
  9. there are bad apples in every orchard
  10. there are many ways to skin a cat
  11. there are more horses' asses than horses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: there and back (page history and authors); there and back (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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