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time back

time back prepositional phrase: some time ago.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (archaic, dated, regional) Some time ago.
  2. (archaic, dated, regional) For a long time.

Questions about time back

What does time back mean?
Time back means some time ago.
What part of speech is time back?
Time back is a prepositional phrase.

Words near time back in the dictionary

  1. time and time again
  2. time attack
  3. time attacks
  4. time average
  5. time averages
  6. time back
  7. time ball
  8. time balls
  9. time bandit
  10. time bandits
  11. time bank

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