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- acquaint someone / yourself with something
- annunciation
- apprise someone of something
- awaken someone to something
- breathe/say a word idiom
- on the record idiom
- proclamation
- put something out of its misery idiom
- resensitize
- self-anointed
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“Report back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/report%20back. Accessed 7 Mar. 2023.
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report back Definitions and Synonyms
Investigators will report back with their findings as soon as possible .
He promised to investigate it and then report back to the committee .
Striking workers should report back to their supervisors on Monday.
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Definition of report back phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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- Take an hour for lunch and report back at two.
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Investigators will report back with their findings in January.
He promised to investigate it and then report back to the committee.
Striking workers should report back to their supervisors on Monday.
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report back — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you report back to someone, you tell them about something that they asked you to find out about. [V P to n] The teams are due to report back to the Prime Minister early next year... [V P] I ll report back the moment I have… … English dictionary
report back — UK US report back Phrasal Verb with report({{}}/rɪˈpɔːt/ verb ► to bring information to someone in authority: »The panel has been asked to report back by the end of the year. report back to sb »She gave the commission a deadline of August 26 to… … Financial and business terms
report back — v. (D; intr.) to report back to (you will report back to the chairperson of the committee) * * * (D; intr.) to report back to (you will report back to the chairperson of the committee) … Combinatory dictionary
report back on something to somebody — reˌport ˈback (on sth) (to sb) derived to give sb information about sth that they have asked you to find out about • Find out as much as you can about him and report back to me. • One person in the group should be prepared to report back to the… … Useful english dictionary
report back to somebody — reˌport ˈback (on sth) (to sb) derived to give sb information about sth that they have asked you to find out about • Find out as much as you can about him and report back to me. • One person in the group should be prepared to report back to the… … Useful english dictionary
report back on something — reˌport ˈback (on sth) (to sb) derived to give sb information about sth that they have asked you to find out about • Find out as much as you can about him and report back to me. • One person in the group should be prepared to report back to the… … Useful english dictionary
report back — … Useful english dictionary
report — re|port1 [ rı pɔrt ] noun count *** ▸ 1 spoken/written summary ▸ 2 news article/broadcast ▸ 3 official study ▸ 4 something that may be true ▸ 5 document by teacher ▸ 6 sudden loud noise 1. ) a spoken summary or written document that gives… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
report — re|port1 W1S2 [rıˈpo:t US o:rt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: reporter to report , from Latin reportare, from portare to carry ] 1.) a written or spoken description of a situation or event, giving people the information they need… … Dictionary of contemporary English
report — 1 noun 1 (C) a written or spoken description of a situation or event, giving people the information they need: the chairman s report (+ on/of): police reports of the accident 2 (C) a piece of writing in a newspaper about something that is… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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to bring information to someone in authority: The panel has been asked to report back by the end of the year. report back to sb
The meaning of REPORT BACK is to return to a place in order to report information, do more work, etc. —often + to. How to use report back in a sentence.
Definition of REPORT BACK (phrasal verb): tell someone information you have discovered; return somewhere to say you are present.
If you report back a comment or remark, often a critical one, you repeat it to the person it was made about. We reported this back to Krajicek. [V n P to n].
report back ; report back phrasal verb ; to find out about something as part of your job, and then to tell your employer about itShe reported back to management
1. To return to and present oneself at some location or office in an official or formal capacity as instructed. The boss makes us all report back after every
report · 1. to give a statement or description of what has been said, seen, done etc. · 2. to make a complaint about; to give information about the misbehaviour
Synonyms for 'report back': tell, deliver, report, point out, brief, relay, divulge, advise, put onto, let someone know, acquaint, alert, apprise.
report back · Find out as much as you can about him and report back to me. · One person in the group should be prepared to report back to the class on your
report back — UK US report back Phrasal Verb with report({{}}/rɪˈpɔːt/ verb ▻ to bring information to someone in authority: »The panel has been asked to report