See Also: back 1, adverb(dictionary)
Back to back inheritance tax plan(finance)
Back-to-Back Letters of Credit(money)
Back-to-Back - Poker(gambling)
back-to-back 2, noun(dictionary)
Back to back loan(finance)
Back to back financing(finance)
Back-to-back financing(money)
Back to back ticketing(tourism)
Back-to-back loan(money)

back 1, adverb (oh)



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1 ?return to place?
2 ?as before?
3 ?previous place?
4 ?backwards?
5 ?reply/reaction?
6 ?return something to somebody?
7 ?in the past?
8 ?again?
9 sit/lie/lean back
10 ?away?
11 back and forth
12 ? towards beginning?
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?RETURN TO PLACE?
in, into, or to the place or position where someone or something was before
::I'll be back in a minute.
::Put that book back where you found it!
back in/to/into etc
::Rory plugged the cable back into the socket.
::I feel like going back to bed.
go/get/head etc back
::We ought to try and get back before it gets dark.
::He was back home by half-past eleven.
::It's possible to travel there and back in a day.
?AS BEFORE?
in or into the condition or situation you were in before
::Gary woke at 4am and couldn't get back to sleep.
::It took me a long time to get my confidence back.
::If you decide to marry him, there will be no going back (=you will not be able to get back to your previous situation) .
go/get back to (doing) sth
::There's no way I'm going back to being poor.
::It'll take a while for things to get back to normal.
?PREVIOUS PLACE?
in or to a place where you lived or worked before
back in/at
::She was the one who had fired him from his first job back in South Africa.
back home
(=in the place that you come from and think of as your home)
::It reminded me of evenings back home.
?BACKWARDS?
in the opposite direction from the way you are facing
-opposite forwards forwards
::He glanced back at the house.
::Kirov stepped back a pace.
::She tilted her head back to look at him.
?REPLY/REACTION?
if you do something back, you do it as a reply or reaction to what someone has said or done
::Can I call you back later?
::I'll pay you back on Friday.
::'No, thanks!' he shouted back.
::If he hits you, you just hit him back.
?RETURN SOMETHING TO SOMEBODY?
if you give something, get something etc back, you return it to the person who first had it or you have it returned to you
::Can we have our ball back, please?
::I want all my books back as soon as you've finished with them.
::Give me back that letter! It's none of your business!
?IN THE PAST?
in or towards a time in the past
::a pile of newspapers dating back to the 1970s
::A lot of emotional problems can be traced back to childhood.
::Looking back on it, I should have known he was unhappy.
::At times, I think back to my life in Moscow.
back in
::The house was built back in 1235.
three years/two months etc back
(=three years ago etc)
::His wife died a couple of years back.
::He called me a while back .
?AGAIN?
once again
::Go back over your work to check for any mistakes.
::Liverpool were back level again two minutes later with a superb goal.
sit/lie/lean back
to sit or lie in a comfortable relaxed way
::Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!
?AWAY?
away from a surface, person, or thing
::She pulled the bandage back very carefully.
::Her hair was brushed back from her face.
::The woman nodded and stood back, allowing Patrick to enter.
back and forth
going in one direction and then in the opposite direction, and repeating this several times
::We travel back and forth all the time between Canada and England.
::He was pacing back and forth across the room.
? TOWARDS BEGINNING?
towards the beginning of a book, tape, document etc
::Turn back to the summaries at the end of section 1.5.
::Wind the tape back to the beginning.
::Clicking on the icon will take you back to the previous web page.