report back

verb

To deliver a spoken or written account or report of something one has been asked or required to do or investigate.

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Meanings

verbreport back (third-person singular simple present reports back, present participle reporting back, simple past and past participle reported back)

present singular third person reports back · participle present reporting back · participle past reported back · past reported back

  1. To deliver a spoken or written account or report of something one has been asked or required to do or investigate.

    Safety authorities and public bodies such as the ORR and Network Rail are required to report back to RAIB on how any recommendations addressed to them have been considered and what actions have or are planned to be taken.

    2021 December 29, Paul Stephen, “Rail's accident investigators”, in RAIL, number 947, page 33
  2. To return, to come back, usually in order to report information.

Translations

Spanish reportarse
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Cite this entry
APA

report back. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/report%20back

MLA

“report back.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/report%20back. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “report back,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/report%20back.

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