move back

• Se déplacer vers un endroit, une position ou un état antérieur ; retourner habiter dans un lieu où l'on a vécu auparavant.

To return to a previous location, position, or state; to relocate to a place where one previously lived.

1. Return to a previous locationA2formal

   To go back to a place where one previously lived or stayed.

   retourner (à un endroit)

   • After college, she moved back to her hometown.
   • They decided to move back to the city for work.
   • He moved back into his old apartment last month.

2. Change position backwardsA2informal

   To shift one's body or an object to a position further behind.

   reculer

   • Please move back from the edge of the platform.
   • The crowd was asked to move back to let the ambulance through.
   • He moved his chair back to give her more space.