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run back

run back verb: to take someone home by car; to give someone a lift to their house.

Verb

run back (third-person singular simple present runs back, present participle running back, simple past ran back, past participle run back)

  1. (idiomatic) 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.
  2. (idiomatic) To rewind a film or cassette.
    • Can you run it back to the beginning, please?
  3. (idiomatic, informal) To revisit, repeat, or do something over.
    • Wait, I didn't catch what you just said. Run it back for me, please.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, back.

Forms of run back

third-person singular presentruns back
present participlerunning back
pastran back
past participlerun back

Questions about run back

What does run back mean?
Run back means to take someone home by car; to give someone a lift to their house.
What part of speech is run back?
Run back is a verb.
What is the past tense of run back?
The past tense of run back is ran back.

Words near run back in the dictionary

  1. run at the mouth
  2. run away
  3. run away from
  4. run away together
  5. run away with
  6. run back
  7. run barefoot through
  8. run batted in
  9. run before
  10. run behind
  11. run bike

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