back east in English

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Etymology: In American English, the idiomatic establishment of back east and out west, rather than out east and back west, implicitly reflects the history of Euro-American settlement of the interior of the United States in the 19th century, which involved a prevailing east-to-west gradient. Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} back east (not comparable)

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  "etymology_text": "In American English, the idiomatic establishment of back east and out west, rather than out east and back west, implicitly reflects the history of Euro-American settlement of the interior of the United States in the 19th century, which involved a prevailing east-to-west gradient.",
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          "word": "up north"
        },
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          "word": "down south"
        }
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        {
          "text": "my relatives back east",
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        "In the eastern part of an area, country etc."
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "back home"
        },
        {
          "word": "old country"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "back east"
}

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  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "word": "up north"
    },
    {
      "word": "out west"
    },
    {
      "word": "down south"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "In American English, the idiomatic establishment of back east and out west, rather than out east and back west, implicitly reflects the history of Euro-American settlement of the interior of the United States in the 19th century, which involved a prevailing east-to-west gradient.",
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"back east" meaning in English

Adverb