write back
phrasal verb
wrote back; written back; writing back; writes back
: to send someone a letter, email, etc., in response to one that was sent
He wrote back (to me) as soon as he got my card.
I sent him a letter, but he never wrote me back.
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People got all up in arms about some of the songs Bob Dylan wrote back in the day, too.
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Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2026
Rupert wrote back a couple of days later.
—Gabriel Sherman, Vanity Fair, 14 Jan. 2026
Uhlfelder vehemently disagreed, writing back that Kitchen and Mattox had been listed on all the court paperwork.
—Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2026
To the concealing charge, Adelman wrote back to the jury that Dugan needed to know the identity, over the objection of prosecutors.
—John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 19 Dec. 2025
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Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2026
Rupert wrote back a couple of days later.
—Gabriel Sherman, Vanity Fair, 14 Jan. 2026
Uhlfelder vehemently disagreed, writing back that Kitchen and Mattox had been listed on all the court paperwork.
—Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2026
To the concealing charge, Adelman wrote back to the jury that Dugan needed to know the identity, over the objection of prosecutors.
—John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 19 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for write back
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“Write back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/write%20back. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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