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right back

right back noun: a defender who normally plays on the right side of the field.

Noun

right back (plural right backs)

  1. A defender who normally plays on the right side of the field.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (slang) Synonym of back at you.
    • Thank you, all! I love you right back.2024 February 4, “Celine Dion makes SHOCK appearance at Grammys 2024 amid battle with incurable stiff-person syndrome - as she presents historic award to tearful Taylor Swift”, in dailymail.co.uk
    Synonyms:
    back at you

Adverb

right back (not comparable)

  1. In an immediate or quick return to an original position.
    • You come right back here this instant!
    • We're right back where we started from.
  2. In direct reciprocation or repayment of an action or gesture; in kind.
    • And just to test them out, when those boys asked her again if she'd take them in her shed she teased them right back, “Sure, if you guys want to clean up my stable it's okay by me! I'll come and inspect!”1974, Adele Wiseman, chapter 4, in Crackpot, →ISBN, page 79
    • As much as Kyle pretended to ignore her, she pretended to ignore him right back.2008, Robyn Freedman Spizman, Mark Johnston, chapter 6, in The Secret Agents Strike Back, →ISBN, page 27

Synonyms of right back

Forms of right back

pluralright backs

Origin of right back

Clipping of right back at you.

Questions about right back

What does right back mean?
Right back means a defender who normally plays on the right side of the field.
What part of speech is right back?
Right back can be a noun, a prepositional phrase or an adverb.
What is the plural of right back?
The plural of right back is right backs.

Words near right back in the dictionary

  1. right ascensions
  2. right atria
  3. right atrium
  4. right atriums
  5. right away
  6. right back
  7. right back at you
  8. right backs
  9. right bank
  10. right banks
  11. right bower

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