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2 ADV [ADV after v, be ADV ] If you go back somewhere, you return to where you were before. □ [+ to ] I went back to bed. □ [+ in ] I'm due back in London by late afternoon. □  Smith changed his mind and moved back home. □  I'll be back as soon as I can. □  He made a round-trip to the terminal and back.

3 ADV [ADV after v, be ADV ] If someone or something is back in a particular state, they were in that state before and are now in it again. □  The rail company said it expected services to get slowly back to normal. □  Denise hopes to be back at work by the time her daughter is one.

4 ADV [ADV after v] If you give or put something back , you return it to the person who had it or to the place where it was before you took it. If you get or take something back , you then have it again after not having it for a while. □  She handed the knife back. □ [+ in ] Put it back in the freezer. □  You'll get your money back.

5 ADV [ADV after v] If you put a clock or watch back , you change the time shown on it so that it shows an earlier time, for example when the time changes to winter time or standard time.

6 ADV [ADV after v] If you write or call back , you write to or phone someone after they have written to or phoned you. If you look back at someone, you look at them after they have started looking at you. □ [+ to ] They wrote back to me and they told me that I didn't have to do it. □  If the phone rings, say you'll call back after dinner. □  Lee looked at Theodora. She stared back.

7 ADV [ADV after v] You can say that you go or come back to a particular point in a conversation to show that you are mentioning or discussing it again. □ [+ to ] Can I come back to the question of policing once again? □ [+ to ] Going back to the school, how many staff are there?

8 ADV [ADV after v, be ADV ] If something is or comes back , it is fashionable again after it has been unfashionable for some time. □  Short skirts are back. □ [+ into ] Consensus politics could easily come back into fashion.

9 ADV [ADV after v, be ADV ] If someone or something is kept or situated back from a place, they are at a distance away from it. □ [+ from ] Keep back from the edge of the platform. □ [+ from ] I'm a few miles back from the border. □  He started for Dot's bedroom and Myrtle held him back.

10 ADV [ADV after v] If something is held or tied back , it is held or tied so that it does not hang loosely over something. □  The curtains were held back by tassels.

11 ADV [ADV after v] If you lie or sit back , you move your body backwards into a relaxed sloping or flat position, with your head and body resting on something. □  She lay back and stared at the ceiling. □  She leaned back in her chair and smiled.

12 ADV [ADV after v] If you look or shout back at someone or something, you turn to look or shout at them when they are behind you. □  Nick looked back over his shoulder and then stopped, frowning. □  He called back to her.

13 ADV You use back in expressions like back in London or back at the house when you are giving an account, to show that you are going to start talking about what happened or was happening in the place you mention. □ [+ in ] Meanwhile, back in London, Palace Pictures was collapsing. □ [+ at ] Later, back at home, the telephone rang.

14 ADV [ADV with v, n ADV ] If you talk about something that happened back in the past or several years back , you are emphasizing that it happened quite a long time ago. [EMPHASIS ] □ [+ in ] The story starts back in 1950, when I was five. □  He contributed £50m to the project a few years back.