From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishreport back phrasal verbDESCRIBEto give someone information about something that they asked you to find out about to The committee has 60 days to report back to Congress. on Students were asked to report back on their results. → report→ See Verb table
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report back• The first of the two working parties, from the Education & Training Directorate, is reporting back later this month.• The Calcutt inquiry into press self regulation is expected to report back next year.• The clinic reported back that some samples tested positive for pregnancy.• He also asked his bioethics advisory panel to conduct a full review and report back to him in 90 days.• A downcast Leahy headed for tbe telephone to report back to New York.• Team members were supposed to report back to nonmembers of team activities and what they had learned.• I report back to the hotel room, defeated.• Kirk elders were instructed to visit offenders and report back to the Session.report on• Students were asked to report back on their results.From Longman Business Dictionaryreport back phrasal verb [intransitive] to find out about something as part of your job, and then to tell your employer about itShe reported back to management with bold restructuring proposals. → report→ See Verb table 