report back

phrasal verb

reported back; reporting back; reports back

1

: to return to a place in order to report information, do more work, etc.

Report back in two hours.

—often + to

Report back to my office in two hours.

2

: to give (newly found information) to someone

The policeman reported back that he found nothing wrong.

—often + to

Each researcher reports his results back to the project director.

Examples of report back in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Since an auditor who attended the meeting to answer questions was unable to entirely explain the discrepancy, Smith said, the board appointed him as an ad hoc committee to review the statements and report back to them at the next meeting in May. —Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2025

Delray Beach hired Brooke Ehrlich, a Fort Lauderdale lawyer and an employment law specialist, to investigate Pryor’s allegations and report back to the city. —Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 10 May 2025

Standup comedian Robin Williams got his TV start in this sitcom set in Boulder, Colorado, about a frisky grad student (Pam Dawber) who takes in an extraterrestrial from the planet Ork who's here to study the habits of Earthlings and report back to his boss, Orson. —Jeff Spry, Space.com, 1 May 2025

Similarly, research on endo and gluten hasn’t determined a consistent link; the one study for which people were instructed to go gluten-free and report back after a year did suggest this change could alleviate symptoms. —Erica Sloan, SELF, 25 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for report back

• almanac
• camelback
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• carryback
• cluniac
• diamondback
• lumberjack
• maniac
• paperback
• piggyback
• quarterback
• saddleback