Run back In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "run back", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Zesty Y calendar 2022-03-23 07:03

Meaning of Run back

Synonyms:

wind back

Run back verb phrase

To go back to a place very quickly 

A: Where is my book? You promised to give it back to me today, right? B: Oh, no. I forgot it. Wait for me a bit. I will run back home to take it.

He is gasping for air after running back home from school to take his bag.

Halfway to the office, I ran back home because I had forgotten to lock the door.

To take someone back to somewhere, especially by car 

Halfway to the airport, I asked the driver to run me back home because I had forgotten my suitcase.

Could you please run me back to the office?

To wind a video or recording back to the beginning or an earlier point

 

 

 

 

Ok, let's run the recording back to listen one more time.

The police are running the video back to the part where the theft picked the lock.

(In rugby or American football) To run from one's end of the field toward that of one's opponents while carrying the ball.

He got the ball and tried to run it back but failed.

Only a few athletes in the history of this game ran the ball back smoothly as he did.

Other phrases about:

beat feet

To flee or run

move like the wind
Run or move extremely quickly
double back

Go back the way you have come

tear round

To quickly and recklessly go or move round somewhere

leg it

To run very fast, especially to escape from someone or something

Grammar and Usage of Run back

Verb Forms

  • ran back
  • running back
  • runs back

The verb "run" must be conjugated according to its tense.
 

Origin of Run back

The origin of this phrase is not clear.
 

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