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Meaning of run back | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, back.
  2. To take someone home by car; to give someone a lift to their house.
  3. To rewind a film or cassette.
  4. To revisit, repeat, or do something over.
    informal

Equivalents

Deutsch zurücklaufen zurückrennen

Examples

“If you can wait⟳ a couple of minutes, I'll run⟳ you back.”
“Can you run⟳ it back to the beginning, please⟳?”
“Wait⟳, I didn't catch⟳ what you just said. Run⟳ it back for me, please⟳.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

run barefoot through run before run behind run by run circles around run counter

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