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right back en · NOUN · etymology 1
Meanings
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A defender who normally plays on the right side of the field.
Forms
Relateds
center back · left back · centre back
Translations (5)
de Rechtsverteidiger (a defender who plays on the right) · fi oikea puolustaja (a defender who plays on the right) · ca defensa dret (a defender who plays on the right) · de Rechtsverteidigerin (a defender who plays on the right) · sv högerback (a defender who plays on the right)
right back en · ADP · etymology 2
Pronunciation
Etymology
Clipping of right back at you.
Meanings
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(slang) Synonym of back at you.
Thank you, all! I love you right back.
2024 February 4, “Celine Dion makes SHOCK appearance at Grammys 2024 amid battle with incurable stiff-person syndrome - as she presents historic award to tearful Taylor Swift”, in dailymail.co.uk:
Synonyms
back at you
right back en · ADV · etymology 3
Meanings
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(not-comparable) In an immediate or quick return to an original position.
We're right back where we started from.
You come right back here this instant!
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(not-comparable) In direct reciprocation or repayment of an action or gesture; in kind.
And just to test them out, when those boys asked her again if she'd take them in her shed she teased them right back, “Sure, if you guys want to clean up my stable it's okay by me! I'll come and inspect!”
1974, Adele Wiseman, chapter 4, in Crackpot, →ISBN, page 79:As much as Kyle pretended to ignore her, she pretended to ignore him right back.
2008, Robyn Freedman Spizman, Mark Johnston, chapter 6, in The Secret Agents Strike Back, →ISBN, page 27: