return journey

collocation in English

meaningsofreturnandjourney

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return
noun
uk
/rɪˈtɜːn/us
/rɪˈtɝːn/
an occasion when someone goes or comes back to a place where they ...
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journey
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdʒɜː.ni/us
/ˈdʒɝː.ni/
the act of travelling from one place to another, especially in ...
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(Definition ofreturnandjourneyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofreturn journey

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A week later, the travellers started on thereturnjourney.
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Unrest does occur after she reaches her destination and the teacher there insists on accompanying her on herreturnjourney.
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The second ones present the behaviour of the robot for areturnjourney.
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Finally, the fusion of these criteria and the results of their use in a simulatedreturnjourneyare given.
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If the onward journey reported many individuals who were on their own, almost all individuals belonged in a group on thereturnjourney, and followed a headman.
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Gerlach described his approach to the city by a good straight road on hisreturnjourney.
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From tall tale, to dream, to waking reality, it makes areturnjourneythrough various unstable frames to find the "real spectre of the antique" at last.
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On thereturnjourneyhe was able to complete the soundings and thus achieve the first and remarkably detailed profile of the ice and sub-glacial terrain.
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Some people are now making thereturnjourneytowards here.
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Preparations are being completed for theirreturnjourney, and it is hoped that the embarkation will commence early next month.
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Both fields use shuttle-tanker export for produced oil and the shuttle-tanker frequency for both fields is onereturnjourneyevery five days or so.
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Sometimes the victims of accidents and persons afflicted by mental illness have to be accompanied on theirreturnjourneyto this country.
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Many of my constituents are doing areturnjourneyof 40 or 50 miles a day.
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It does not require to be turned round, but can proceed straight away on itsreturnjourney.
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But the point is that the independent operators are not allowed by law to advertise for fare-paying passengers for thereturnjourney.
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A majority of these vehicles, which criss-cross one another's routes, make thereturnjourneyempty.
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Better planning will ensure that 32-tonners run with a full load on both the outward journey and thereturnjourney.
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If he goes by motor his travelling expenses for thereturnjourneymay run him into payment for a mileage of 120 to 150 miles.
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They are going to be charged the ordinary single fare, and that is going to be called the workman's fare for thereturnjourney.
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Does that mean there is some misunderstanding, and that trucks are allowed to bring back goods on thereturnjourney?
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