BACK

Meanings:

1. Back indicates returning to one’s point of origin, to the place one started out from. If you go back or walk back, for example, you stop and then go or walk in the opposite direction, to where you started from. It can also mean causing somebody or something to return to their/its place of origin (e.g. send back). ‘When Mike realized that he had left his umbrella at home, he turned around and walked back home’.

Be, bounce, bring, call, come, get, give, go, head, pass, take, turn, walk back.

2. To withdraw or retreat. Here, back means a backwdards or reverse movement. If somebody ou to  stand back for example, they want you to take a few steps backwards in order to keep an area clear, or to give someone , more breathing space. ‘The police asked the crowd to move back to allow the parade to proceed smoothly’.

Draw, drop, fall, get, go, keep, move, stand, tail back.

3. Reference to past times, as in "bring back memories"

4. Back also indicates returning something or reversing direction in a non-physical way. If you phone someone back, for example, you are returning a call received earlier from that person. ‘She looked back and saw the detective in the dark suit following her’.

5. Other meanings of back. ‘We no longer have any income. We’ll have to fall back on our savings until Bob finds another job’.

Bring, cut, fall (on), hold, keep (from), scale (on), set, sit back.