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/rˈənɪŋ bæk/ Listen

Running back

noun

(football) a back on the offensive team (a fullback or halfback) who tries to advance the ball by carrying it on plays from the line of scrimmage.

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"Running back" Quotes from Famous Books

... in this case was to act, and the boys did let out a couple of yells which brought the caretaker running back ...

— The Call of the Beaver Patrol - or, A Break in the Glacier • V. T. Sherman

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... way he followed the foot-prints, then, running back to the wagon and springing to his seat, swung his long whip ...

— The Winning of Barbara Worth • Harold B Wright

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... he rose, sounded his whistle; the men got to their feet, fell in, and started, rifles a-trail. But we had proceeded scarcely a dozen rods into the big timber when we discovered our two riflemen, who had so recently left us, running back toward us and looking over their shoulders as they ran. When they saw us, they halted and shouted for us to hasten, as there were several Seneca Indians standing ...

— The Hidden Children • Robert W. Chambers

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... in again with the wax in his hand, which he kept shut. Mr. Matthews, who in other respects was a very amiable and moderate man, immediately conceiving that his friend really had a spider in his hand, clapped his hand to his sword with extreme fury, and running back towards the partition, cried out most horribly. All the muscles of his face were swelled, his eyes were rolling in their sockets, and his body was immoveable. We were all exceedingly alarmed, and immediately ...

— Practical Education, Volume II • Maria Edgeworth

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... Such a running back and forth as there was between their house and the Gordons'; for the Newbeginners began ...

— A Little Florida Lady • Dorothy C. Paine

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