"back" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

back verbo

back + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 35
back up one's claim • back candidates • back campaign • back one's efforts • back singers • ...
verbo + back
Kolokacji: 11
begin backing • try to back • tell to back off • start backing • begin to back • ...
back + preposición
Kolokacji: 42
back up • back off • back out • back down • backed by • ...
back + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 52
back away • back slowly • strongly backed • back quickly • initially backed • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 11
(1) away, strongly, fully
Kolokacji: 3
(5) publicly, privately
Kolokacji: 2
(6) hastily, hurriedly
Kolokacji: 2
(7) eventually, finally
Kolokacji: 2
1. eventually back = ostatecznie z powrotem eventually back
2. finally back = w końcu z powrotem finally back
  • I kept our lips together for another minute, then finally backed away.
  • The negotiators finally backed the House version of the measure and this week the members backed repeal for a second time.
  • Galen was breathless as he finally backed away from her.
  • The F.B.I. finally backed down and released him with an apology.
  • They came close to fighting several times, and both sides finally backed down and the expedition continued on to Arikara territory.
  • On 30 September, tugs came to her assistance, and she finally backed clear.
  • The man keeps saying my God over and over again before he finally backs away and leaves.
  • For two months a vastly superior army refused serious action against the rebels and finally backed them.
  • He grumbled something that might have been an unwilling concurrence for my logic and finally backed away.
  • Agonizing for a time about what position to take, Ms. De Jesus finally backed the boy's decision as sensible.
(8) carefully, cautiously
Kolokacji: 2
(9) unanimously, solidly
Kolokacji: 2
(11) tacitly, explicitly
Kolokacji: 2

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