run back
To take someone home by carTo take someone home by car; to give someone a lift to their house.
» Tom ran back to his room.
Tom lief zurück auf sein Zimmer.
Том побежал обратно в свою комнату.
Том побежал обратно к себе в комнату.
Meaning
4 senses(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.
(idiomatic)To rewind a film or cassette.
Can you run it back to the beginning, please?
(idiomatic, informal)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.
Examples
217 sentencesTom ran back to his room.
ruТом побежал обратно в свою комнату.
deTom lief zurück auf sein Zimmer.
Tom ran back into the woods.
deTom lief zurück in den Wald.
Tom ran back into the house.
ruТом побежал обратно в дом.
deTom lief zurück ins Haus.
Tom ran back to his car.
Tom ran back into his apartment.
ruТом побежал обратно к себе в квартиру.
deTom lief in seine Wohnung zurück.
Forms
runs back, running back, ran back, run backPhrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- run upшитиTo run (towards someone or something); to hasten to a destination.
- run offвідлякати, відлякуватиTo flee or depart quickly.
- run outзакінчитися, закінчуватисяTo use up or consume all
- run downпереїхати, переїжджатиTo hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
- run overпереїхати, переїжджатиTo exceed the allotted time.
- run awayбігати, бігтиTo flee by running.
- run afterгнати, ганятиTo follow quickly, often in an effort to catch or catch up with (someone or something).
- run intoзрозуміти, розумітиTo enter by running.
More 8
- run aroundобшукати, обшукуватиTo be very busy doing many different things.
- run throughу /в мене, матиTo repeat something.
- run onTo continue without interruption
- run inTo arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest.
- run backTo take someone home by car; to give someone a lift to their house.
- run alongTo leave; to make one's way somewhere else.
- run withTo be streaming with a fluid.
- run aheadTo use sidings to pass a different train.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb