doubled back

The assassin had doubled back. After tracking him for a kilometer, Obi-Wan suspected that he was heading back toward the village.

看来刺客早已原路返回了——经过近一千米的追赶，欧比万怀疑他正赶回村庄。

And then I doubled back: was I being too charitable to read it as exaggeration?

于是我又折回来反思：我是不是太宽厚了，以至于只是将它当作一种夸张去读？

The fox doubled back and escaped the hounds.

狐狸循原路溜回，避开了猎犬。

Had he turned west or doubled back to the north and east?

他是向西了，还是急忙转身向北向东了？

The escaped boy doubled back on his tracks.

那个逃跑的男孩突然循原路折回。

The fox suddenly doubled back on its tracks.

狐狸在逃跑路线上突然转身折返。

The hunters doubled back the way they had come.

猎人们从原道返回。

He doubled back by another road and surprised us.

他从另一条路绕回来，突然出现在我们面前。

He doubled back on his tracks.

他顺着原路往回走。