Meaning

4 senses
  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.

Examples

217 sentences
  1. Tom ran back to his room.

    ruТом побежал обратно в свою комнату. — marafon

    deTom lief zurück auf sein Zimmer. — wolfgangth

  2. Tom ran back into the woods.

    deTom lief zurück in den Wald. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Tom ran back into the house.

    ruТом побежал обратно в дом. — marafon

    deTom lief zurück ins Haus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom ran back to his car.

  5. Tom ran back into his apartment.

    ruТом побежал обратно к себе в квартиру. — marafon

    deTom lief in seine Wohnung zurück. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Forms

runs back, running back, ran back, run back
Base formrun back · to run back
3rd person singularruns back
Present participlerunning back
Past simpleran back
Past participlerun back

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrun back
he, she, itruns back

Past simpleLesson

all personsran back

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave run back
he, she, ithas run back

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill run back

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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