back run

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.

Example Sentences

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

“When I count to three, we’re going to hit them in the face with our coal. I’ll run right, you run left, into the front door of the building and out the back. Run like the devil. Can you do it? Laugh now.”

From Literature

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

From New York Times