straight back

collocation in English

meaningsofstraightandback

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straight
adjective
adverb
uk
/streɪt/us
/streɪt/
continuing in one direction without bending ...
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back
noun[C]
uk
/bæk/us
/bæk/
the inside or outside part of an object, vehicle, building, etc. that is furthest from ...
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(Definition ofstraightandbackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Referring now to figure 3, this flow model corresponds to a solution in which the rear stagnation streamline proceeds horizontallystraightbackfrom the trailing edge.
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Some men will be transferred to other collieries, but they will not gostraightbackto the coalface.
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That was not much use because they all flewstraightbackin.
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He wentstraightbackto his own electrical firm and asked to see their form of guarantee—and lo and behold!
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That money flowsstraightbackinto the local economy, increasing employment.
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Instead of attempting to define the word "need" they are handing the definitionstraightbackto the county councils.
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If they break their release conditions, they can be takenstraightbackinto detention.
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He went out there for three weeks and camestraightbackagain.
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To suggest that one should be able to gostraightbackto work within a month or two is absurd in the modern age.
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My final point is addressed to those who would be content with charges if the proceeds wentstraightbackto the museum.
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It will bring usstraightbackon slightly different terms to where we were before 1962.
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In the case of redemption, the money will gostraightbackto trade.
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It would be quite clear that the money was to be paidstraightbackto the employee.
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The papers always camestraightbackwithin an hour or two, either with a clear instruction or with drafts and action approved.
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In my constituency, half the boys and one-third of the girls who leave secondary modern schools gostraightbackto agriculture.
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Apparently their method was to send menstraightbackinto the line.
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We were so shocked that we turned round and wentstraightback.
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Judges should examine legal aid applications when they hear such evidence and refer themstraightback with a transcript so that the matter is corrected.
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It follows that a lot of nurses comestraightback.
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