Right Back at It Again Meaning

dorsum

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¹] (ADVERB USES)
In addition to the uses shown beneath, back is also used in phrasal verbs such as `date dorsum' and `fall back on'.
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one adv If you motion back , you move in the opposite direction to the i in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
ADV later on five, oft ADV prep
The photographers drew back to allow us view the body..., She stepped dorsum from the door expectantly..., He pushed her away and she fell back on the wooden bench...

2 adv If y'all go back somewhere, you return to where you were earlier.
ADV afterwards v, be ADV, oft ADV prep/adv
I went back to bed..., I'm due dorsum in London by late afternoon..., Smith changed his heed and moved back abode..., I'll be back as shortly every bit I can..., He made a circular-trip to the terminal and dorsum.

3 adv If someone or something is dorsum in a particular state, they were in that land earlier and are at present in it once more.
ADV afterwards v, be ADV, oftentimes ADV prep
The rails company said it expected services to go slowly back to normal..., Denise hopes to be dorsum at work by the time her daughter is one...

4 adv If yous give or put something back , you return it to the person who had it or to the place where it was before y'all took it. If you become or accept something back , y'all then have it once again after non having it for a while.
ADV subsequently v, frequently ADV prep
She handed the knife dorsum..., Put it back in the freezer..., You lot'll become your money dorsum.

v adv If y'all put a clock or watch back , you change the fourth dimension shown on it so that it shows an earlier time, for example when the time changes to winter time or standard time.
ADV after 5

6 adv If you write or telephone call dorsum , yous write to or telephone someone later on they take written to or telephoned you. If you look back at someone, you look at them later on they have started looking at you lot.
ADV after v, frequently ADV prep
They wrote back to me and they told me that I didn't have to do it..., If the phone rings say you lot'll think after dinner..., Lee looked at Theodora. She stared back.

7 adv You tin can say that you become or come back to a particular point in a conversation to show that you are mentioning or discussing information technology once more.
ADV later five, ADV to n
Can I come up back to the question of policing once again?..., Going dorsum to the schoolhouse, how many staff are there?

eight adv If something is or comes back , it is fashionable again after it has been unfashionable for some fourth dimension.
ADV later on v, be ADV, oftentimes ADV prep
Short skirts are back..., Consensus politics could easily come up back into style.

ix adv If someone or something is kept or situated back from a place, they are at a distance away from it.
ADV after v, be ADV, frequently ADV from northward
Keep back from the edge of the platform..., I'thousand a few miles dorsum from the border..., He started for Dot's bedroom and Myrtle held him back.

x adv If something is held or tied back , it is held or tied and then that it does not hang loosely over something.
ADV afterward v
The defunction were held back by tassels.

xi adv If you prevarication or sit back , yous move your body backwards into a relaxed sloping or flat position, with your caput and body resting on something.
ADV afterward v (Antonym: frontward) She lay back and stared at the ceiling..., She leaned back in her chair and smiled.

12 adv If y'all look or shout back at someone or something, you lot plough to await or shout at them when they are backside y'all.
ADV after 5, oft ADV prep
Nick looked back over his shoulder and then stopped, frowning..., He called back to her.

13 adv Y'all use back in expressions like back in London or back at the house when you lot are giving an business relationship, to show that you are going to beginning talking about what happened or was happening in the place you mention.
ADV with 5, ADV prep
Meanwhile, back in London, Palace Pictures was collapsing..., After, dorsum at dwelling house, the telephone rang.

fourteen adv If yous talk about something that happened back in the past or several years dorsum , yous are emphasizing that it happened quite a long time ago.
ADV with five, ADV prep, n ADV (emphasis) The story starts dorsum in 1950, when I was five..., He contributed £50m to the project a few years back.

15 adv If yous remember back to something that happened in the past, you call up information technology or try to remember information technology.
ADV subsequently five, ADV to n
I thought back to the time in 1975 when my son was desperately ill...

16 If someone moves back and forth, they repeatedly move in one direction and then in the opposite direction.
♦ back and along phrase PHR later v
He paced back and along...

17
→ to cast your mind back
→ mind

Translation English Cobuild Collins Dictionary

Collaborative Dictionary     English Cobuild

lay dorsum	exp.	adopt a detached attitude; relax
to the moon and back	adv.	a lot; very much; in a great quantity; endlessly	[Fig.] E.thousand. love someone to the moon and back=love someone very much
You can say that once again!	id.	expression used to show total agreement on smth.
put a pin in it	v.	phrase people say to advise coming back to a subject area and discussing information technology subsequently. It might sound like an excuse to avoid a topic but tin can besides be said completely honestly and sincerely	Ex.: This point raised past Aurélien is relevant and enthralling just nosotros're out of time right now. Let's put a pin in it!
it is what it is	exp.	means "that'south just the way information technology is"	c'est comme ça, point barre
it has a ring to it	exp.	it sounds interesting or attractive
it hit me	exp.	it occurred to me, I all of a sudden idea of it, I had an thought all of a sudden	E.1000: I wondered all mean solar day long how to solve this problem and it suddenly hitting me...I had to talk to Ally.
greenish IT	n.	new trend in computing to take into business relationship the ecology aspect when designing IT systems.
upwardly for information technology	exp.	"to be up for it" means to be willing to participate	she'due south really up for it: elle est partante
it's got $.25 in it	north.	means a liquid is non clear: this tea'south got $.25 in information technology, I don't similar yogurt with $.25 in it	assez proche de fifty'idée de 'il y a à boire et à manger'
I tin't take it	exp.	I can't empathize it, I tin can't believe it, I can't take it
tramp stamp	exp.	(colloquially) tattoo on the lower back
rats!	id.	damn it!	Rats! I volition be belatedly to the meeting.
lose it	exp.	go crazy; get angry; lose self-command	Due east.g.: I will lose it if we keep listening to this song.
! kick information technology	exp.	hang out
play it condom	five.	avoid or at to the lowest degree minimize risks ; cull the safest way in case of doubtfulness	to be on the safety side ; play rubber
call it even	exp.	consider that two parties don't owe anything to each other
let it out!	exp.	expression used to encourage someone to say what is on their listen, what is bothering them
call it a day	v.	declare that y'all're done with work or other activity, and that you want to leave or residuum or go to bed	[Fig.];[Fam.]

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