right back

plural right backs

1. ball gamesA defender who normally plays on the right side of the field.

1. slangSynonym of back at you.

   Thank you, all! I love you right back.

   2024 February 4, “Celine Dion makes SHOCK appearance at Grammys 2024 amid battle with incurable stiff-person syndrome - as she presents historic award to tearful Taylor Swift”, in dailymail.co.uk

   Synonyms: back at you

1. not comparableIn an immediate or quick return to an original position.

   You come right back here this instant!

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   We're right back where we started from.

2. not comparableIn direct reciprocation or repayment of an action or gesture; in kind.

   As much as Kyle pretended to ignore her, she pretended to ignore him right back.

   2008, Robyn Freedman Spizman, Mark Johnston, chapter 6, in The Secret Agents Strike Back, →ISBN, page 27

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   And just to test them out, when those boys asked her again if she'd take them in her shed she teased them right back, “Sure, if you guys want to clean up my stable it's okay by me! I'll come and inspect!”

   1974, Adele Wiseman, chapter 4, in Crackpot, →ISBN, page 79