limp back
Frequency: 5.82.2 per million words
To return to a place with a limp.
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Examples (10)
- The injured soldier had to limp back to base.
- After the fall, she could only limp back home slowly.
- The battered ship managed to limp back to port.
- He watched the dog limp back into the woods.
- Despite his sprained ankle, he had to limp back to the campsite.
- We saw the exhausted runner limp back to the finish line.
- The car, with its flat tire, eventually limped back to the garage.
- She bravely limped back to retrieve her dropped keys.
- They had to limp back across the desert after their vehicle broke down.
- Feeling defeated, the team could only limp back to the locker room.