report back
phrasal verb
reported back; reporting back; reports back
1
: to return to a place in order to report information, do more work, etc.
Report back in two hours.
—often + toReport back to my office in two hours.
2
: to give (newly found information) to someone
The policeman reported back that he found nothing wrong.
—often + toEach researcher reports his results back to the project director.
Examples of report back in a Sentence
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Speaking of Zoom, the video company’s CEO recently suggested that digital twins could replace real people on calls, taking notes and learning, then reporting back to their real-life counterpart.
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
The trio had met climbing Mt. Baldy in southern California, the Los Angeles Times reported back in 2002.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 9 July 2024
Microsoft is also planning to put new deputy Chief Information Security Officers on different engineering teams to track their progress and report back to the executive team and board of directors.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 3 May 2024
Deadline first reported back in May that Minneapolis was among the potential contenders that had put in a Request for Information submission.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 7 July 2024
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
The trio had met climbing Mt. Baldy in southern California, the Los Angeles Times reported back in 2002.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 9 July 2024
Microsoft is also planning to put new deputy Chief Information Security Officers on different engineering teams to track their progress and report back to the executive team and board of directors.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 3 May 2024
Deadline first reported back in May that Minneapolis was among the potential contenders that had put in a Request for Information submission.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 7 July 2024
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“Report back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/report%20back. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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