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Different meanings

Back for returning; moving backwards Moving to the place or position you or something came from. Returning something to where it came from.

Be back	What time will you be back?
Blow back	If you smoke, never flip ashes our your window. They could blow back into your car and start a fire.
Bring back	Please bring back the books that you borrow when you have finished so that others can enjoy them.
Call back	He turned to leave, but she called him back.
Carry back	Firefighters carried the dog back up to the top of the cliff using a series of ropes.
Come back	Did she say when she's coming back?
Double back	More than once I've had to double back because I missed the sign for the exit I wanted.
Drop back	Three laps from the end he started losing ground until he dropped back to third.
Get back	What time will you get back home tonight?
Give back	I don't like people who borrow things and don't give them back.
Go back	I went back to where my parents and sister were and told them about it.
Have back	It seems like a fair deal to me. Anyone who is not happy with that can have their money back.
Head back	After the show everyone said goodnight, and we headed back to the hotel.
Lie back
Look back
Pay back	I'll pay you back tomorrow.
Pull back
Push back
Put back
Send back	Make any necessary corrections on the draft and send it back to us.
Set back
Sink back
Sit back	It's your birthday - sit back and let me do the housework today.
Spring back
Start back
Stay back
Tail back
Take back	I must take this book back to the library tomorrow.
Throw back
Tie back
Turn back
Want back
Welcome back

Back for the past Talking or thinking about something in the past.

Bring back	Thank you for the wonderful pictures. They brought back many precious memories of the two years I spent there.
Carry back	Seeing John at the party carried her back to when they were married.
Cast back
Come back
Date back	This fossil dates back to the Pleistocene era.
Flash back
Flood back	The memories of that day came flooding back recently when I unearthed this photograph.
Go back	I wish we could go back to how things used to be.
Hark back	The custom harks back to Viking times.
Look back	That was ten years ago and we'ver never looked back.
Take back	The story takes us back to the night of November 30th 1942, when his plane was shot down by German anti-aircraft fire.
Think back
Throw back
Turn back	Cosmetic surgery can only turn back the clock, not stop it.

Back for repeating Repeat something or start doing it again. Sometimes it means reciprocating an action like in PHONE BACK.

Answer back
Bounce back	The company went bankrupt, but managed to bounce back with a new management.
Call back	Just leave your contact information below, and we will call you back as soon as possible.
Come back
Come back to
Fall back on
Fight back	Many Americans, tired of living in fear and impotence, are fighting back.
Get back
Get back at
Get back into
Get back to
Get back on
Go back	He opened his eyes, looked at her a moment, then closed them again and went back to sleep.
Go back on
Go back over
Go back to
Hit back
Love back
Pay back	Do you usually pay people back if they're unkind to you?
Phone back	That bloke form the council has just phoned back and said there's nothing we can do about it.
Play back
Put back on
Read back
Report back
Ring back
Sink back
Step back
Strike back
Take back
Talk back
Throw back at
Write back

Back for controlling Controlling or supressing something, specially an emotion.

Bite back
Choke back
Cut back
cut back on
Fight back
Force back
Hold back	I think he wanted to cry but he managed to hold back the tears.
Keep back
Push back
Put back
Roll back
Set back

Back for not getting involved Separating from something that is happening to avoid getting involved. Moving aside. Retreating. Waiting.

Draw back
Fall back
Hang back	Some companies are hanging back to see how much demand there actually is going to be fo r these phones.
Hold back
Pull back	The troops are being pulled back to bases.
Stand back
Step back

Back for drinking

Knock back	We headed over there, knocked back a few drinks, and listened to the band play.
Put back	I've put back quite a few drinks with them.
Throw back	She kept throwing back shots of Tequila at Chez Rouge.
Toss back	Whether you're looking to play pool or toss back a few, this friendly neighborhood joint will welcome you with open arms.