back East

phrase

variants or back east

US, informal

: in or toward the eastern part of a country or region

She attended college back East.

Examples of back East in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Trolley lines move across the city, stretching as far West as the Darby Transit Center and back East toward 13th street. — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026

Finding such large parcels is nearly impossible back East and becoming much harder in Colorado. — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026

Apparently, the Meyers in Long Beach were ruled unfit as guardians, or Lynn refused to go back to them, so juvenile authorities located some blood relatives, possibly her father or half sister, and put her on a train back East. — Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026

It’s been a week since Abigail got word that her mother had taken ill back East. — Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 2 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for back East

• deceased
• decreased
• increased
• northeast
• policed
• released
• southeast
• beast
• ceased
• creased
• feast
• fleeced