"be right back" meaning in English

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Phrase

IPA: /biː ɹaɪt bæk/
Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} be right back
  1. Used to indicate the speaker will return in a moment. Often abbreviated in online slang as BRB. Related terms: just a minute, just a second Translations (indicate speaker will return in a moment): 馬上回來 (Chinese Mandarin), 马上回来 (mǎshàng huílái) (Chinese Mandarin), straks tilbage (Danish), er snart tilbage (Danish), ben zo terug (Dutch), palata pian (Finnish), je reviens (French), ich bin gleich wieder da (German), επιστρέφω αμέσως (epistréfo amésos) (Greek), थोड़ा आता हूं (thoṛā ātā hū̃) (Hindi), torno subito (Italian), soon come (Jamaican Creole), soon forward (Jamaican Creole), tuoj grįšiu (Lithuanian), веднаш се враќам (vednaš se vraḱam) (Macedonian), се враќам веднаш (se vraḱam vednaš) (Macedonian), straks tilbake (Norwegian), zaraz wracam (Polish), já volto (Portuguese), mă întorc imediat (Romanian), vin imediat înapoi (Romanian), сейчас вернусь (sejčas vernusʹ) (Russian), ско́ро вернусь (skóro vernusʹ) (Russian), vratim se brzo (Serbo-Croatian), вратим се брзо (Serbo-Croatian), ya vengo (Spanish), ya vuelvo (Spanish), ya regreso (Spanish)

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          "code": "jam",
          "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
          "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
          "word": "soon come"
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          "code": "jam",
          "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
          "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
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          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
          "word": "tuoj grįšiu"
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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      "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
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      "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
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      "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
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      "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
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      "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
      "word": "torno subito"
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      "code": "jam",
      "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
      "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
      "word": "soon come"
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    {
      "code": "jam",
      "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
      "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
      "word": "soon forward"
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      "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
      "word": "tuoj grįšiu"
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      "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
      "word": "веднаш се враќам"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
      "word": "straks tilbake"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
      "word": "zaraz wracam"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
      "word": "já volto"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
      "word": "mă întorc imediat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
      "word": "vin imediat înapoi"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sejčas vernusʹ",
      "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
      "word": "сейчас вернусь"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skóro vernusʹ",
      "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
      "word": "ско́ро вернусь"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
      "word": "vratim se brzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
      "word": "вратим се брзо"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
      "word": "ya vengo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
      "word": "ya vuelvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
      "word": "ya regreso"
    }
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  "word": "be right back"
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