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What do people use back to talk about?
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What words refer to the back of something?
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What words describe something that is on the back?
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What are the parts of the torso?
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What are the parts of the torso?
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What words refer to defending yourself from attack?
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What words refer to successfully defending yourself or someone?
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What words refer to coming back to life?
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What words refer to causing someone to come back to life?
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What are the parts of a chair?
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What words refer to the side of a building?
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What are the parts of a knife?
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What words refer to starting to do something again that you had been doing before?
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What words refer to having to start something again from the very beginning?
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What words indicate the direction backward?
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What words describe how a person is sitting?
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What words refer to squatting?
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What words refer to causing something to decrease?
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What words refer to reducing the amount of something you use or how much you do?
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What words refer to resting?
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What words refer to being healthy after being sick?
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What words refer to injuring a bone or joint?
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What words refer to reminding someone of a person or something that happened in the past?
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What words refer to gossiping?
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What words refer to almost crying?
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What words refer to attacking someone who has attacked you?
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What words refer to getting revenge?
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What words refer to an admission of wrong?
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What words refer to an effort to make up for doing wrong?
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What kinds of rooms are there in a house?room living room sitting room parlor dining room bedroom kitchen closet hall passage passageway entry pantry garage storeroom storage room laundry room utility room den study family room breakfast nook billiard room conservatory library stair stairway stairwell stairs porch front porch back porch patio balcony basement attic workroom workshop guestroom guest bedroom
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What kinds of rooms are there in a store?
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What words refer to lying down from a standing or sitting positions?
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What words describe how a person is lying?
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What words refer to moving backwards while still facing forward?
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What words refer to moving back and forth?
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What words refer to returning to a place?
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What words refer to putting something in back?
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What words refer to pulling something so that it moves toward you?
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What words refer to staying far from something?
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What words refer to something delaying an event?
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What words indicate that something is in back of something else?
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What are the parts of the head?
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What words refer to the hand?
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What words refer to breathing normally after running or working hard?
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What words refer to taking care of someone who is sick?
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What words refer to bringing a dead person back to life?
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What words refer to loving each other again after having problems?
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What words refer to carrying a baby?
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What words describe someone who is good at noticing things?
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What words refer to changing your mind many times?
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What words refer to remembering things that happened in the past?
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What words refer to taking back an offer?
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What words describe someone who feels relaxed?
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What words describe a person who is usually calm?
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What words refer to causing someone to feel angry?anger (v) make someone angry make someone mad aggravate antagonize chafe cross someone disturb embitter enrage exasperate gall incense infuriate insult (v) irk madden needle nettle offend cause offense peeve perturb pique provoke rankle rile vex make your blood boil make you sick get someone going get someone's back up wind someone up be like a red flag to a bull
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What words refer to answering a question?
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What words refer to not doing what you promised?
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What words refer to playing music?
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What words describe a person's stance toward a group?
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What words are used of joking?
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What words refer to doing evil to yourself?
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What words refer to fighting against someone who is trying to do something bad?
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What words refer to betraying someone to his enemies?
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What words refer to trimming plants?
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What words refer to the area around a house?
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What kinds of doors are there?
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What tools are used for carrying things?
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What words are used for very bad poverty?
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What words refer to leaning against something?
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What words refer to changing your posture so that it is relaxed?
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What words refer to moving the head?
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What words refer to staggering?
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What words refer to turning around and moving in the opposite direction?
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What words refer to moving away from something?
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What words refer to someone not moving?
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What words refer to shaking something?
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What words refer to putting something back in its place?
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What words refer to reuniting things that have come apart?
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What words refer to two or more people doing something in alternate turns?
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What words refer to postponing something?
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What words refer to starting something again after it has stopped?
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What words indicate that an event happened a short time ago?
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What words refer to causing someone to do something slowly?
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If something has two sides, what words refer to the other side?
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What words refer to reacting to someone in the same way they treat you?
Conjugation back conjugation
How do you conjugate back?
back · verb
Present I back
Positive I back
Singular
1st person I back
2nd person you back
3rd person he/she/it backs
Plural
1st person we back
2nd person you back
3rd person they back
Negative I don't back
Singular
1st person I don't back I do not back
2nd person you don't back you do not back
3rd person he/she/it doesn't back he/she/it does not back
Plural
1st person we don't back we do not back
2nd person you don't back you do not back
3rd person they don't back they do not back
Question do I back?
Singular
1st person do I back?
2nd person do you back?
3rd person does he/she/it back?
Plural
1st person do we back?
2nd person do you back?
3rd person do they back?
Negative question don't I back?
Singular
1st person don't I back? do I not back?
2nd person don't you back? do you not back?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it back? does he/she/it not back?
Plural
1st person don't we back? do we not back?
2nd person don't you back? do you not back?
3rd person don't they back? do they not back?
Past I backed
Positive I backed
Singular
1st person I backed
2nd person you backed
3rd person he/she/it backed
Plural
1st person we backed
2nd person you backed
3rd person they backed
Negative I didn't back
Singular
1st person I didn't back I did not back
2nd person you didn't back you did not back
3rd person he/she/it didn't back he/she/it did not back
Plural
1st person we didn't back we did not back
2nd person you didn't back you did not back
3rd person they didn't back they did not back
Question did I back?
Singular
1st person did I back?
2nd person did you back?
3rd person did he/she/it back?
Plural
1st person did we back?
2nd person did you back?
3rd person did they back?
Negative question didn't I back?
Singular
1st person didn't I back? did I not back?
2nd person didn't you back? did you not back?
3rd person didn't he/she/it back? did he/she/it not back?
Plural
1st person didn't we back? did we not back?
2nd person didn't you back? did you not back?
3rd person didn't they back? did they not back?
Future I'll back
Positive I'll back
Singular
1st person I'll back I will back
2nd person you'll back you will back
3rd person he/she/it'll back he/she/it will back
Plural
1st person we'll back we will back
2nd person you'll back you will back
3rd person they'll back they will back
Negative I won't back
Singular
1st person I won't back I will not back
2nd person you won't back you will not back
3rd person he/she/it won't back he/she/it will not back
Plural
1st person we won't back we will not back
2nd person you won't back you will not back
3rd person they won't back they will not back
Question will I back?
Singular
1st person will I back?
2nd person will you back?
3rd person will he/she/it back?
Plural
1st person will we back?
2nd person will you back?
3rd person will they back?
Negative question won't I back?
Singular
1st person won't I back? will I not back?
2nd person won't you back? will you not back?
3rd person won't he/she/it back? will he/she/it not back?
Plural
1st person won't we back? will we not back?
2nd person won't you back? will you not back?
3rd person won't they back? will they not back?
Conditional I'd back
Positive I'd back
Singular
1st person I'd back I would back
2nd person you'd back you would back
3rd person he/she/it'd back he/she/it would back
Plural
1st person we'd back we would back
2nd person you'd back you would back
3rd person they'd back they would back
Negative I wouldn't back
Singular
1st person I wouldn't back I would not back
2nd person you wouldn't back you would not back
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't back he/she/it would not back
Plural
1st person we wouldn't back we would not back
2nd person you wouldn't back you would not back
3rd person they wouldn't back they would not back
Question would I back?
Singular
1st person would I back?
2nd person would you back?
3rd person would he/she/it back?
Plural
1st person would we back?
2nd person would you back?
3rd person would they back?
Negative question wouldn't I back?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I back? would I not back?
2nd person wouldn't you back? would you not back?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it back? would he/she/it not back?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we back? would we not back?
2nd person wouldn't you back? would you not back?
3rd person wouldn't they back? would they not back?
Present continuous I'm backing
Positive I'm backing
Singular
1st person I'm backing I am backing
2nd person you're backing you are backing
3rd person he/she/it's backing he/she/it is backing
Plural
1st person we're backing we are backing
2nd person you're backing you are backing
3rd person they're backing they are backing
Negative I'm not backing
Singular
1st person I'm not backing I am not backing
2nd person you aren't backing you're not backing you are not backing
3rd person he/she/it isn't backing he/she/it's not backing he/she/it is not backing
Plural
1st person we aren't backing we're not backing we are not backing
2nd person you aren't backing you're not backing you are not backing
3rd person they aren't backing they're not backing they are not backing
Question am I backing?
Singular
1st person am I backing?
2nd person are you backing?
3rd person is he/she/it backing?
Plural
1st person are we backing?
2nd person are you backing?
3rd person are they backing?
Negative question aren't I backing?
Singular
1st person aren't I backing? am I not backing?
2nd person aren't you backing? are you not backing?
3rd person isn't he/she/it backing? is he/she/it not backing?
Plural
1st person aren't we backing? are we not backing?
2nd person aren't you backing? are you not backing?
3rd person aren't they backing? are they not backing?
Past continuous I was backing
Positive I was backing
Singular
1st person I was backing
2nd person you were backing
3rd person he/she/it was backing
Plural
1st person we were backing
2nd person you were backing
3rd person they were backing
Negative I wasn't backing
Singular
1st person I wasn't backing I was not backing
2nd person you weren't backing you were not backing
3rd person he/she/it wasn't backing he/she/it was not backing
Plural
1st person we weren't backing we were not backing
2nd person you weren't backing you were not backing
3rd person they weren't backing they were not backing
Question was I backing?
Singular
1st person was I backing?
2nd person were you backing?
3rd person was he/she/it backing?
Plural
1st person were we backing?
2nd person were you backing?
3rd person were they backing?
Negative question wasn't I backing?
Singular
1st person wasn't I backing? was I not backing?
2nd person weren't you backing? were you not backing?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it backing? was he/she/it not backing?
Plural
1st person weren't we backing? were we not backing?
2nd person weren't you backing? were you not backing?
3rd person weren't they backing? were they not backing?
Future continuous I'll be backing
Positive I'll be backing
Singular
1st person I'll be backing I will be backing
2nd person you'll be backing you will be backing
3rd person he/she/it'll be backing he/she/it will be backing
Plural
1st person we'll be backing we will be backing
2nd person you'll be backing you will be backing
3rd person they'll be backing they will be backing
Negative I won't be backing
Singular
1st person I won't be backing I will not be backing
2nd person you won't be backing you will not be backing
3rd person he/she/it won't be backing he/she/it will not be backing
Plural
1st person we won't be backing we will not be backing
2nd person you won't be backing you will not be backing
3rd person they won't be backing they will not be backing
Question will I be backing?
Singular
1st person will I be backing?
2nd person will you be backing?
3rd person will he/she/it be backing?
Plural
1st person will we be backing?
2nd person will you be backing?
3rd person will they be backing?
Negative question won't I be backing?
Singular
1st person won't I be backing? will I not be backing?
2nd person won't you be backing? will you not be backing?
3rd person won't he/she/it be backing? will he/she/it not be backing?
Plural
1st person won't we be backing? will we not be backing?
2nd person won't you be backing? will you not be backing?
3rd person won't they be backing? will they not be backing?
Conditional continuous I'd be backing
Positive I'd be backing
Singular
1st person I'd be backing I would be backing
2nd person you'd be backing you would be backing
3rd person he/she/it'd be backing he/she/it would be backing
Plural
1st person we'd be backing we would be backing
2nd person you'd be backing you would be backing
3rd person they'd be backing they would be backing
Negative I wouldn't be backing
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be backing I would not be backing
2nd person you wouldn't be backing you would not be backing
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be backing he/she/it would not be backing
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be backing we would not be backing
2nd person you wouldn't be backing you would not be backing
3rd person they wouldn't be backing they would not be backing
Question would I be backing?
Singular
1st person would I be backing?
2nd person would you be backing?
3rd person would he/she/it be backing?
Plural
1st person would we be backing?
2nd person would you be backing?
3rd person would they be backing?
Negative question wouldn't I be backing?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be backing? would I not be backing?
2nd person wouldn't you be backing? would you not be backing?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be backing? would he/she/it not be backing?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be backing? would we not be backing?
2nd person wouldn't you be backing? would you not be backing?
3rd person wouldn't they be backing? would they not be backing?
Present perfect I've backed
Positive I've backed
Singular
1st person I've backed I have backed
2nd person you've backed you have backed
3rd person he/she/it's backed he/she/it has backed
Plural
1st person we've backed we have backed
2nd person you've backed you have backed
3rd person they've backed they have backed
Negative I haven't backed
Singular
1st person I haven't backed I have not backed
2nd person you haven't backed you have not backed
3rd person he/she/it hasn't backed he/she/it has not backed
Plural
1st person we haven't backed we have not backed
2nd person you haven't backed you have not backed
3rd person they haven't backed they have not backed
Question have I backed?
Singular
1st person have I backed?
2nd person have you backed?
3rd person has he/she/it backed?
Plural
1st person have we backed?
2nd person have you backed?
3rd person have they backed?
Negative question haven't I backed?
Singular
1st person haven't I backed? have I not backed?
2nd person haven't you backed? have you not backed?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it backed? has he/she/it not backed?
Plural
1st person haven't we backed? have we not backed?
2nd person haven't you backed? have you not backed?
3rd person haven't they backed? have they not backed?
Past perfect I had backed
Positive I had backed
Singular
1st person I had backed
2nd person you had backed
3rd person he/she/it had backed
Plural
1st person we had backed
2nd person you had backed
3rd person they had backed
Negative I hadn't backed
Singular
1st person I hadn't backed I had not backed
2nd person you hadn't backed you had not backed
3rd person he/she/it hadn't backed he/she/it had not backed
Plural
1st person we hadn't backed we had not backed
2nd person you hadn't backed you had not backed
3rd person they hadn't backed they had not backed
Question had I backed?
Singular
1st person had I backed?
2nd person had you backed?
3rd person had he/she/it backed?
Plural
1st person had we backed?
2nd person had you backed?
3rd person had they backed?
Negative question hadn't I backed?
Singular
1st person hadn't I backed? had I not backed?
2nd person hadn't you backed? had you not backed?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it backed? had he/she/it not backed?
Plural
1st person hadn't we backed? had we not backed?
2nd person hadn't you backed? had you not backed?
3rd person hadn't they backed? had they not backed?
Future perfect I'll have backed
Positive I'll have backed
Singular
1st person I'll have backed I will have backed
2nd person you'll have backed you will have backed
3rd person he/she/it'll have backed he/she/it will have backed
Plural
1st person we'll have backed we will have backed
2nd person you'll have backed you will have backed
3rd person they'll have backed they will have backed
Negative I won't have backed
Singular
1st person I won't have backed I will not have backed
2nd person you won't have backed you will not have backed
3rd person he/she/it won't have backed he/she/it will not have backed
Plural
1st person we won't have backed we will not have backed
2nd person you won't have backed you will not have backed
3rd person they won't have backed they will not have backed
Question +'ll I have backed?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have backed? will I have backed?
2nd person +'ll you have backed? will you have backed?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have backed? will he/she/it have backed?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have backed? will we have backed?
2nd person +'ll you have backed? will you have backed?
3rd person +'ll they have backed? will they have backed?
Negative question won't I have backed?
Singular
1st person won't I have backed? will I not have backed?
2nd person won't you have backed? will you not have backed?
3rd person won't he/she/it have backed? will he/she/it not have backed?
Plural
1st person won't we have backed? will we not have backed?
2nd person won't you have backed? will you not have backed?
3rd person won't they have backed? will they not have backed?
Conditional perfect I'd have backed
Positive I'd have backed
Singular
1st person I'd have backed I would have backed
2nd person you'd have backed you would have backed
3rd person he/she/it'd have backed he/she/it would have backed
Plural
1st person we'd have backed we would have backed
2nd person you'd have backed you would have backed
3rd person they'd have backed they would have backed
Negative I wouldn't have backed
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have backed I would not have backed
2nd person you wouldn't have backed you would not have backed
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have backed he/she/it would not have backed
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have backed we would not have backed
2nd person you wouldn't have backed you would not have backed
3rd person they wouldn't have backed they would not have backed
Question would I have backed?
Singular
1st person would I have backed?
2nd person would you have backed?
3rd person would he/she/it have backed?
Plural
1st person would we have backed?
2nd person would you have backed?
3rd person would they have backed?
Negative question wouldn't I have backed?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have backed? would I not have backed?
2nd person wouldn't you have backed? would you not have backed?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have backed? would he/she/it not have backed?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have backed? would we not have backed?
2nd person wouldn't you have backed? would you not have backed?
3rd person wouldn't they have backed? would they not have backed?
Imperative back!
Positive
you back!
we let's back!
Negative
you don't back!
we let's not back!
Examples back examples
How do I use back in a sentence?
Simple sentences
I will be back soon.
You must be back on Sunday at the latest.
You must come back before nine o'clock.
Turn on your back.
I don't wanna go back.
Wait here till I come back.
He asked me to wait there until he came back.
I will give you back the CD in a week.
There used to be a big cherry tree at the back of my house.
Jane was waiting with her back against the tree.
I do not know when she will come back.
Give me a telephone call when you get back.
I'll be back right away.
I'll call them tomorrow when I come back.
Back in high school, I got up at 6 a.m. every morning.
I have to go shopping. I'll be back in an hour.
It's over between us. Give me back my ring!
Avoid opening the window; I have no great desire to feel air currents on my back.
If I showed you my house, my neighborhood back then, would you understand where I am from?
Look how they all speak ill of me behind my back because I married a woman thirty years younger than me.
I have to give back the book before Saturday.
I'm glad to see you back.
You should pay back your debts.
You are to stay here until we come back.
Movie subtitles
Or back leg?
If I could put you back into my stomache!
I'll drive Minjoo home and come back.
I'll make a lot of money, and go back to Korea.
Go back and do your dance.
I am not giving them back..
Turn around and back away three steps.
I'll be back, my love.
Everyone back off.
I can't go back.
The lower classes should just obey their betters without any back talk!
Back off.
Come back at once!
It's almost as if the clock is being wound back 600 years, to the last time China led the world.
But. I can't go back. I can't return.
After 6 p.m., when the Observatory's personnel had left, we were allowed to leave the room, but at 8 a.m. we had to be back.
Henk came back after a few months with a very intriguing story.
But back then there was only a small number of participants, because students could not attend and also because travel was difficult during the war.
It then drops a bit, rises again to an even higher maximum and finally drops back to zero.
I'll be back tomorrow.
If we leave, Algeria will go back to chaos.
Believe me, you should head back to Oran.
Back to the harem.
Life will go back to how it was!
Only equality and progress can give Arabs their dignity back.
Go back to your people and live peacefully.
They make promises here, while back in Algiers.
I'll do it if you let me put my hand in your back pocket for 15 seconds.
All I could think about was putting my hand in her back pocket.
Oh. Okay, look, I'll get your money back.
Know what, pal D Don't worry about paying me back.
Pork Chop gets back.
I thought about it, I realized that wouldn't really change things. Let's hook back outside.
Look, I got a free catcher, I got one of Nick's crew suspended, and I got Nick to turn his back on one of his best friends.
Don't you? Four days later, Johnny came back from his suspension.
Nick, I'm back.
I sat back and waited for him to get busted, as I knew he would.
Then, when he did, I made this huge deal about turning my back on him.
But that was only to get Frankie's trust when he came back.
My friend was lying to my face and going behind my back. Yeah.
Just thought you might want to know, Frankie and his crew are going to hit back.
News and current affairs
If foreign financing is not forthcoming, yields on US government debt will rise and the US economy will fall back into recession.
He never found his way back, and when confronted with the New Politics of primaries and populism, he became dispirited when he could not cope with this new style.
HONG KONG - A recent trip to Berlin brought back memories of an earlier visit in the summer of 1967, when I was a poor student who marveled at the Wall that would divide and devastate an entire society for another two decades.
But revelations about the nuclear weapons smuggling network organized by A. Q. Khan, the father of Pakistan's bomb, confirm the danger I predicted back then.
The aim must be not only to win back the hearts of Europeans who have become skeptical, but also to convince them that the Union is indispensable to meeting the challenges Europeans face.
But if your instincts betray you, you go back to even deeper ones.
In addition, the EU should create a small but effective military force (say, 5,000 troops) to back up the common body's decisions.
Luckily, there has never been a better time for the West--particularly the EU--to nudge Ukraine back from the brink.
But Obama also knows that if the existing nuclear states want others to accept tougher restrictions, they will have to cut back their nuclear arsenals.
But we can take it a step further back: people's income is lower and their jobs are insecure because they were not spending a short time ago - and so on, backwards in time, in a repeating feedback loop.
Last winter, America's central bank - the Federal Reserve - was busy patting itself on the back.
The time is right for a new global settlement that targets growth, addresses crisis conditions in certain parts of the world, and rebalances the global economy to set it back on a path of strong and steady growth.
WASHINGTON, DC - Dropping bombs as a solution to the world's trouble spots may be falling out of fashion (with the notable exception of Libya), but finger wagging is definitely back in.
Afghanistan is in danger of falling back into the hands of terrorists, insurgents, and criminals, and the multi-billion-dollar opium trade is at the heart of the country's malaise.
Most people in the US know that if you talk back to the police, they will get nasty very fast.
The question now is whether governments will give Judge Goldstone's findings the serious attention they deserve, or instead fall back into an overtly political posture.
The single most important driver of deficit growth is weak tax revenues, owing to poor economic performance; the single best remedy would be to put America back to work.
On October 24, people in nearly every country will be taking action to raise awareness of the need for an international treaty to bring our atmosphere back to 350 ppm of CO2.
The current attempt by Republicans in the US Congress to roll back America's effort to ban incandescent bulbs has revived this discussion.
Moreover, measures have been implemented to push back, successfully, against terrorists.