| 单词 | to get back to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get back to 5. intransitive. to get back to. extracted from getv. a. Of a statement or information: to come to the notice of (the person it concerns). Usually with it as subject and sometimes also with complementary that-clause. ΚΠ 1932 C. Woolrich Manhattan Love Song v. 164 She's in thick with the big mucka-mucks; it'll get back to them in no time—! 1958 Life 27 Oct. 72/2 I am sorry this was said... It got back to Ike very quickly. 1970 L. Rainwater Behind Ghetto Walls x. 320 I don't know how it got back to Pat cause I didn't tell nobody. 1993 Etc Montréal No. 21. 56/2 I also knew it would get back to him and hurt him. 2010 S. Fry Fry Chrons. 317 If it ever got back to me that the designers of a camera or the authors of a new piece of software were weeping because of something cruel I had said. b. To contact (a person) with a response after an interval. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > answer [verb (transitive)] andwurdec885 aqueathOE answerOE swarec1175 respoundc1300 replyc1425 replique1477 reanswer1523 replicate1535 undersay1579 rejoin1581 resolve1586 return1597 repone1614 resounda1617 repart1631 remoot1676 reason1841 to get back to1963 1963 G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover xvi. 237 I asked what he had in mind, and he said he'd get back to me very soon. 1964 Life 20 Nov. 19/2 The producer says, ‘All right, I'll get back to you in a few days.’ 1975 New York Mag. 29 Dec. 64/3 Leave it with me and I'll get back to you at the end of the week. 1988 N. Bissoondath Casual Brutality viii. 174 I've spoken to the travel agent. ‘And?’ ‘And he'll get back to me.’ 2004 A. Hollinghurst Line of Beauty iv. 101 Yeah, got your message... Sorry I didn't get back to you. < as lemmas |
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