report back
Definition of report back
1 : to return to a place in order to report information, do more work, etc. Report back in two hours. —often + to Report 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 + to Each researcher reports his results back to the project director.
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: common talk or an account spread by common talk : rumor
: quality of reputation
: a usually detailed account or statement
: to give an account of : relate
: to describe as being in a specified state
: to serve as carrier of (a message)
: the rear part of the human body especially from the neck to the end of the spine
: the body considered as the wearer of clothes
: capacity for labor, effort, or endurance
: to, toward, or at the rear
: in or into the past : backward in time
: ago
: being at or in the back
: distant from a central or main area
: articulated at or toward the back of the oral passage : formed deep within the mouth
: to support by material or moral assistance
: substantiate
: to assume financial responsibility for
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