"report back" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: reports back [present, singular, third-person], reporting back [participle, present], reported back [participle, past], reported back [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} report back (third-person singular simple present reports back, present participle reporting back, simple past and past participle reported back)
  1. To deliver a spoken or written account or report of something one has been asked or required to do or investigate.
    Sense id: en-report_back-en-verb-8ia-mvp-
  2. To return, to come back, usually in order to report information.
    Sense id: en-report_back-en-verb-YxEKSDNB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (back) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (back): 18 82

Inflected forms

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