go back (verb)
41back-date — back dateˈ transitive verb 1. To put an earlier date on 2. To count as valid retrospectively from a certain date • • • Main Entry: ↑back …
42back-heel — backˈ heel transitive verb (football) To kick (the ball) backwards with the heel (also noun) • • • Main Entry: ↑back …
43back-light — backˈ light noun (photography) Light falling on a subject from the rear transitive verb To illuminate something from the rear • • • Main Entry: ↑back …
44back-pad|dle — «BAK PAD uhl», intransitive verb, dled, dling. to back water. See under water. (Cf. ↑water) …
45back|drop — «BAK DROP», noun, verb, dropped or dropt, drop|ping. –n. 1. a curtain at the back of a stage, often painted and used as part of the scenery. 2. background: »Figurative. The committee also must labor against a backdrop of political pressure points …
46back|flash — «BAK FLASH», intransitive verb. (of a flame consuming combustible gas) to move back through the current of gas and burn at a point nearer the source than is desired …
47back|hand — «BAK HAND», noun, adjective, adverb, verb. –n. 1. a) a stroke in tennis and other games played with a racket or paddle, made with the back of the hand turned outward and the arm usually held across the body: »His backhand is his most effective… …
48back|log — «BAK LG, LOG», noun, verb, logged, log|ging. –n. 1. Informal. a) a reserve of orders, duties, or commitments that have not yet been filled or carried out: »He is working on the backlog of homework assignments that accumulated while he was sick.… …
49back|ped|al — «BAK PEHD uhl», intransitive verb, aled, al|ing or (especially British) alled, al|ling. Informal. 1. to move backward so as to keep away from one s opponent in a boxing match or fight. 2. Figurative. to qualify or retreat from an announced policy …
50back|pro|ject — «BAK pruh jehkt», transitive verb. to project (an image) on the back of a translucent screen for viewing from the front …
