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)
- 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.
Forms of run back
| third-person singular present | runs back |
|---|---|
| present participle | running back |
| past | ran back |
| past participle | run 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.
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