“back to”

The following 20 entries include the term back to.

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back-to-back

adjective or adverb

: facing in opposite directions and often touching

back-to-back

noun

: a house that is connected in a row with other houses on each side and with a similar row of houses behind it

back-to-work

adjective

: urging or directing the return of strikers to their jobs

back to front

idiom

: with the back where the front should be

bring back to life

idiom

: to cause (someone or something that has died) to begin living again often used figuratively

(can) trace one's history (back) to

idiom

: to have existed since

carry (someone) back to

idiom

: to make (someone) remember (something)

come back to bite one

idiom

: to cause problems for one at a later time

come back to

idiom

: to return to (a place)

come back to haunt

idiom

: to cause problems for (someone) in the future

date back to

idiom

: to have been made in or to have come into being in (a certain time in the past)

get back to

idiom

: to return to (a place) after going away

get/go back to nature

idiom

: to spend time living in a simple way without modern machines, electricity, etc.

get/go back to (the) basics

idiom

: to return to a simpler way of doing something or thinking about something

go back to

idiom

: to return to (a place)

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