crawl back

Frequency: 5.53.5 per million words

To return to a place by crawling.

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Examples (10)

  • As night fell, we managed to crawl back to our lines.
  • The wounded soldier had to crawl back to the safety of the trench.
  • The baby quickly learned to crawl back to his favorite toy whenever it was taken away.
  • After his business failed, he had to crawl back to his parents for help.
  • He swore he would never crawl back to her asking for forgiveness.
  • She was so humiliated she felt like she had to crawl back under a rock.
  • If you leave this job on bad terms, don't even think about trying to crawl back later.
  • The exhausted spelunker carefully began to crawl back through the narrow passage.
  • After the argument, he knew he would eventually have to crawl back and apologize.
  • The injured cat managed to crawl back home despite its injuries.