(Preposition)BACK

BRING BACK: remember. My revisit to the hill station brought back old

and happy memories.

CALL BACK: contact a pershon hwo has already contracted you, ring

back. You need not call back now.

CALL BACK: ask some to return. The manager called his secretary back

from abroad.

CARRY BACK: remind, bring to memory , take back. The scene carried me

back to my childhood days.

CAST BACK: to bring to mind, remember. He tried to cast her mind back

to old days.

CHOCK BACK: suppress your strong feelings. I chocked back my anger.

COME BACK: return. Aruna came back home after a month.

COME BACK: happen. Who knows the earthquake may come back?

COME BACK: be in fashion again. Bell-bottoms came back after ten years.

COME BACK: resound. His voice came back from the well.

COME BACK: to remember. The ghastly scene of murder came back.

CUT BACK: reduce. They cut back their work force considerably.

DATE BACK: be in existence since long part. The forest dates back to

the 18th century.

DOUBLE BACK: turn back. At the point he doubled back.

FALL BACK: make a retreat. The troops fell back in face of fierce enemy fire.

FIGHT BACK: defend by trying to defeat the enemy. Our troops fought

back heroically.

FLASH BACK: remeber something vividly. Her mind flashed back to what

she had experienced long back.

FORCE BACK: suppress, fight back. He forced back his urge to smoke.

GET BACK: return to a place or position. I got back to delhi after a

long travel in europe.

GET BACK: get again something lost. I got on purse back.

GET BACK: punish somebody in return for some harm done to you. She got

her hack for that nasty remark.

GIVE BACK: return something to its owner. She gave me back my camera.

GO BACK: to return. He shall go back to his parent office.

GO BACK: date back in the past. The story goes back to the aryan time.

GO BACK: rejoin. He went back to his family after decade.

GO BACK: become normal as they were. After sometime thing went back to normal.

GULP BACK: to check yourself from expressing your strong emotions. She

gulped back her surprise.

HAND BACK: to give something back to someone. My passport was handed

back to me after inspection.

*HANG BACK: reluctant to speak  or do  something. She encouraged me to

speak out and not to hand back.

HANG BACK: stay at a place after others have left stay behind. She

hung back at school after classes were over.

HIT BACK: strke a person after he or she has hit you. He hit back in

anger with his boot.

*HOLD BACK: to prevent somebody from moving forward. The police could

not hold back the demonstrators.

HOLD BACK: to prevent from developing and progress. His mother's

illness held him back in his studies.

HOLD BACK: to stop a person from leaving a place. The heavy rains held

his departure back.

HOLD BACK: to keep secret. He told me everything and did not hold anything back.

*KEEP BACK:not to telll somebody something, not to pay. I knew she was

keeping something back from me.

 KEEP BACK: remain at a distance from somebody. keep back from rascals.

KICK BACK: illegal return of money by a buyer. The contractor kicked

back some of the contract money.

KNOCK BACK: drink quickly speciallly an alcoholic drink. He knocked

back his favourite whisky.

KNOCK BACK: to cost a particular amount of money. The house knocked me

back a lot.

LOOK BACK: to think about something that happened in the past. When i

look back on my childhood, i feel i have lost something very valuable.

LOOK BACK: turn to see what is behind. Jolly turned and looked back at

the scene.

PAY BACK: punish somebody in return for some injury, tit for tat.

Nalini wanted to pay him back for his insulting remark.

PAY BACK: repay, return money etc. I will pay you back the loan within a month.

PAY BACK: punish somebody in return for some injury, tit for tat.

Nalini wanted to pay him back for his insulting remark.

PAY BACK: repay, return money etc. I will pay you back the loan within a month.

PLOUGH BACK: reinvest profits. No dividend was paid and the whole

profit was ploughed back.

PULL BACK: withdraw, retreat. The troops had to pull back in the face

of heavy firing.

PUSH BACK: force to move back. The police pushed the demonstrators back.

PUT BACK: put something in its original place. He put the handset back.

PUT BACK: postpone. The payment was put back.

PUT BACK: slow down. The lack of enthusiasm has put the scheme back.

PUT BACK: adjust a watch. I put my watch back by 5 hours on reaching london.

READ BACK: read aloud a message. He read the message back twice.

RECEIVE BACK: admit again. Ee was received back in the party.

REEL BACK: stagger back. Ramesh reeled back in receiving the sad news.

REFER BACK: submit a matter for examination. The matter was referred

back to the concerned department.

RIDE AWAY/ACROSS/BACK:ride an animal and move. He rode away across the forest

RING BACK: telephone a caller again after sometime. My brother was not

at home. so i asked the caller to ring back later.

ROLL BACK: remove by turning something over and over. They rolled back

the huge covers.

ROLL BACK: move back steadily. The waves rolled back.

ROLL BACK: recall, return. As I went through the album the years rolled back.

SEE BACK:

STAY BACK:

SEND BACK: send something or somebody back. I sent the goods back

because they were of poor quality.

SET BACK: reverse the development or progress. The projest suffered a

set back because lack of funds.

SET BACK: be expensive. The repairs set him back a lot of money.

SIT BACK: to settle in a chair and relax. Sit back and enjoy yourself.

SPRING BACK: return to previous position. Muscles spring back to their

previous positions after stretching.

STAND BACK: move away. Vishwas stood back from the entrance.

STAND BACK:not to be involved. It  is not possible to stand back in

such a situation.

STAND BACK: be at some distance away. The hotel stands back from the main road.

STAY BACK: remain at a place and not to leave. She stayed back in the

hotel room.

STEP BACK: move backwards. Rani stepped back to allow him the passage.

STICK BACK: put something again in its original place or position.

Take this book and stick it back on the shelf.

STRIKE BACK: harm back, return injury for injury. They strcuk back fiercely.

TAIL BACK: a long que of traffic moving slowly. Traffic tailed back on

the highway between gurgaon and manesar.

TAKE BACK: return the borrowed thing. I am taking back the camera to my friend.

TAKE BACK: accept back. The shopkeeper took the goods back as they

were defective.

TAKE BACK: to allow somebody  to live with you after a quarrel or

separation. She took the servant back.

TAKE BACK: remind you of your past. The story took  him back to his young days.

THINK BACK: recall post events. He sat thinking back on his days of youth.

THROW BACK: put something in a place wherer it originally was. He

threw back the diary on the table.

THROW BACK: move backward. She threw her hair back.

THROW BACK: reflect light,echo. The walls of the cave threw back my sound.

TIE BACK:fasten up into a position. She tied her hair back.

TOSS BACK: move back sharply. He tossed his head back.

TURN BACK : you stop at a particular point and return to the place you

started from. she turned back from the park.

TURN BACK: change ideas or plans. Now it has become difficult to turn back.

TURN BACK: fold a paper so that one part of it covers the other. She

read the letter and then turned it back.

WELCOME BACK: receive on return. They welcomed him back home.

WHIP BACK: return violently. I was passing through the dense forest

when a branch whipped back and gave me a cut.

WIN BACK: be successful in gettting something back. I want to win back

her love and confidence.

WIND BACK:  bring back a part of take, film etc. Wind the video tape please.

WRITE BACK: reply to a letter. I received his letter and then wrote him back.

SCRAMBLE BACK/DOWN/UP:climb up with difficulty using hands for  help.

they Scrambled up a sharp and rocky slope.

SHRINK AWAY/BACK/IN:move away from something or somebody.she shrank

back frightened. shrank wthe child shrank away in horror.