read back

Meaning

1. read sth back

   to read a message, etc. to others in order to check that it is correct

In the movies · 6

• Read that back.The Pink Panther2006
• Okay, Jack, give me a read-back on that last procedure.Apollo 131995
• Yes. Would you read it back, please?The Social Network2010
• Read it back to me so far, Pietro.The Royal Tenenbaums2001
• The flap I read the back flap and saw the picturesTropic Thunder2008
• Read that list back to me. OK, three-quarter-inch nails, hacksaw, baling hooks, brush-clearing Scythe, clamps...Tucker and Dale vs. Evil2010

Learn it in full scenes

• The Social Network2010
  • Erica Dumps Mark at the Bar
  • Mark Builds Facemash
  • Mark Crashes Harvard's Network
• Tucker and Dale vs. Evil2010
  • Tucker Pushes Dale to Talk to Allison
  • Tucker and Dale Get Pulled Over
  • Tucker and Dale Tour Their Cabin

From the same entry

• read between the lines
• read like a book
• read my lips
• read the Riot Act
• take it as read
• read into
• read on
• read out
• read over
• read up