ran back
ran back is the simple past of run back.
Meaning of run back
Verb
run back (third-person singular simple present runs back, present participle running back, simple past ran back, past participle run back)
- To take someone home by car; to give someone a lift to their house.
- If you can wait a couple of minutes, I'll run you back.
- To rewind a film or cassette.
- Can you run it back to the beginning, please?
- To revisit, repeat, or do something over.
- Wait, I didn't catch what you just said. Run it back for me, please.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, back.
Questions about ran back
- What is ran back the simple past of?
- Ran back is the simple past of run back.
Words near ran back in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ran back (page history and authors); run back (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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