Phrase Hound found 1,671 phrases and 1,129 compound words that contain back. The most common are listed below. Open back in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 1,671
- go backTo return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
- come backTo return to a place.
- back upTo move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so.
- get backReturn to where one came from.
- look backUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, back.
- back doorA subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street.
- back and forthFrom one place to another and back again.
- take backTo retract or withdraw (an earlier statement).
- back-to-backSequential or consecutive.
- lower backThe region of the back above the waist, also known as the lumbar region; the area surrounding the five vertebrae between the rib cage and the pelvis.
- give backTo return, restore (a thing to its original owner or location etc.).
- back seatAny of the seats in the rear of a vehicle.
- back in the dayIn the distant past; especially, at a time fondly remembered (the good old days).
- pay backTo pay (a debt or the lender) so as to provide the entire amount of money owed.
- way backlong ago
- bring backTo fetch something.
- hold backTo act with reserve; to contain one's full measure or power.
- right backA defender who normally plays on the right side of the field.
- back endThe rear, back, or unseen portion (of something).
- back painPain felt in the back.
- back downTo take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously had, or has planned to have.
- call backAlternative form of callback: The return of a situation to a previous position or state; a reference to such a position or state.
- fight backTo defend oneself by fighting.
- laid-backRelaxed and easy‐going; demonstrating an absence of stress or worry.
- back homeIn one’s hometown.
Compound words 1,129
- backgroundLess important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
- paperbackA book with flexible binding.
- backwardIndicating position or direction.
- backboneThe series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
- backyardA yard to the rear of a house or similar residence.
- playbackThe replaying of something previously recorded, especially sound or moving images.
- TrackBackA protocol for a system that allows a blogger to see who has seen the original post and has written another entry concerning it.
- backstageRelating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.
- horsebackThe back of a horse.
- backlashA suddenly reversed or backward motion, such as of a rope or elastic band when it snaps under tension.