back
— Verb
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～ give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project"
back away
— Verb
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～ make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"
back
— Adverb
– English
～ in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"
back
— Adverb
– English
～ in or to or toward an original condition; "he went back to sleep"
back
— Adverb
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～ in or to or toward a former location; "she went back to her parents' house"
back
— Adverb
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～ at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
back
— Adverb
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～ in repayment or retaliation; "we paid back everything we had borrowed"; "he hit me and I hit him back"; "I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher"
back
— Adverb
– English
～ in reply; "he wrote back three days later"
back
— Adjective
– English
～ of an earlier date; "back issues of the magazine"
back
— Adjective
– English
～ located at or near the back of an animal; "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass"
back
— Adjective
– English
～ related to or located at the back; "the back yard"; "the back entrance"
back
— Noun
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～ (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
back
— Noun
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～ the part of a garment that covers the back of your body; "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back"
back
— Noun
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～ the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned"
back
— Noun
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～ the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer; "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store"
back
— Noun
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～ the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
back
— Noun
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～ the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
back
— Noun
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～ the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; "the book had a leather binding"
back
— Noun
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～ a support that you can lean against while sitting; "the back of the dental chair was adjustable"
back
— Noun
– English
～ (football) a person who plays in the backfield