back east
In the eastern part of a country or regionIn the eastern part of a country or region.
» Yanni prepared to move back east to Mila.
Meaning
2 senses(not comparable)In the eastern part of a country or region.
my relatives back east
In the eastern part of a country or region.
(not comparable, often)In the eastern part of the United States: in the East.
Examples
1 sentencesYanni prepared to move back east to Mila.
Origin
In American English, the idiomatic establishment of back east and out west, rather than ouIn American English, the idiomatic establishment of back east and out west, rather than out east and back west, implicitly reflects the history of European settlement of the interior of North America in the 18th and 19th centuries, which involved a prevailing east-to-west gradient.
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