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back
Preposition
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Toward the rear.
He went back behind the stands.
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To a place again.
I didn't like it, so I sent it back.
He went back to the same house.
They came back again.
back
Noun
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The back is the rear part of something; it is the part in the other direction from the front.
I went to the back of the house.
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The back is the rear part of the human body.
He had a scar on his back.
back
Verb
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If you back something, you support it.
The Republicans backed the bill.
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If you back up, you move backward.
He put the car in gear and backed right into the garage door.
tack
Noun
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A tack is a small, sharp nail with a large flat head.
He needed a tack to hold the carpet edge down.
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A tack is the direction of a boat sailing against the wind.
The boat sailed across the bay on a southerly tack.
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A tack is a course or direction to follow.
Our ideas cuased so much anger we were forced to change tack.
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Tack is items that are used for horse riding.
The saddles were kept in the tack room.
tack
Verb
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To tack is to use small nails to hold something.
She had to tack the new rules on the notice board.
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To tack is to put something together.
We might be able to tack together a few ideas.
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To tack is to sew something together with large loose stitches.
The tailor quickly began to tack the hem of her dress.
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To tack is to sail a zigzag course against the wind.
We had to tack our way along the coast.