carry back

• Ramener quelque chose à son lieu d'origine, ou évoquer un souvenir ou une émotion du passé.

To return something to its original place or location, or to bring back a memory or feeling from the past.

1. Return somethingA2formal

   To take something back to its original place or to the person it belongs to.

   rapporter

   • Please carry the books back to the library.
   • He carried the borrowed tools back to his neighbor.
   • She carried the tray back to the kitchen.

2. Remind of the pastB1informal

   To cause someone to think about a past time or event.

   rappeler le passé

   • That song carries me back to my childhood.
   • The old photographs carried him back to his college days.
   • The smell of the sea carried her back to her summer vacations.