back run

American  

noun

1. a period during which a particular process, as the flow of materials in manufacturing, is reversed.

2. Australian. a tract of dry land in the public domain used as an auxiliary pasture by owners of adjacent private property.

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Example Sentences

Another Otsuchi resident, Yukari Kurosawa, was told a simpler adage when she was young: “If a big earthquake hits and the ocean draws back, run!”

From Literature

The tour is a new leg of his long-running “Got Back” run that covers the whole of his catalog, from the Beatles, Wings and solo material.

From Los Angeles Times

“Run it back ... run it back!”

From Los Angeles Times

Letting the Pac-12’s best running back run free was one thing.

From Los Angeles Times

“If somebody moved their foot the wrong way,” he said, “it was, ‘run it back, run it back.

From New York Times