round trip

American  

noun

1. a trip to a given place and back again.

   Fares for round trips often have a discount.

2. a transportation ticket for such a trip.

3. Pinochle. roundhouse.

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round trip British  

noun

1. a trip to a place and back again, esp returning by a different route

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round trip Idioms  

1. A journey to a given place and back again, usually over the same route; also, a ticket for such a trip. For example, The fare for a round trip is generally lower than for two one-way journeys. [Mid-1800s]

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Other Word Forms

• round-trip adjective

Etymology

Origin of round trip

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Example Sentences

So rather than choosing between the two, she sets her alarm at 05:30 GMT most mornings to make the four-hour round trip to the office.

From BBC

“You can tell a lot about a street by the type of chairs and how they’re placed,” said Knapp, who walked 2.5 miles round trip for groceries and beer while his car was entombed.

From The Wall Street Journal

On one very cold day—when EV batteries typically take a hit—a 50-mile round trip used no more than 30% of the charge.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Blackburns drove their son and a friend in the Sealion 7 to a French campsite, a roughly 850-mile round trip.

From The Wall Street Journal

It takes an average of 21 days for a Union Pacific train carrying mixed cargo to do a round trip from the West Coast to the East Coast and back, based on data from 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal