move back

reculer, revenir

S’éloigner en arrière ou retourner à un endroit où l’on était auparavant.

En anglais simple : To go farther away or return to a place where you were before.

• Please move back a little.
• We moved back to our old house.
• She moved her chair back to make more room.

Comment l'utiliser : move back to + place (We moved back to our hometown.)

Synonymes : go back, move away

Expressions courantes : move back home, move back a step

reporter, repousser

Changer la date ou l’heure de quelque chose pour que cela ait lieu plus tard.

En anglais simple : To change the date or time of something so it happens later.

• We need to move back the meeting.
• The concert was moved back to next month.
• Can you move our appointment back by an hour?

Comment l'utiliser : move something back to + time (They moved the meeting back to Friday.); move something back by + amount of time (We moved the deadline back by two days.)

Synonymes : postpone, delay, put back

Contraires : bring forward

Expressions courantes : move back something, move back the deadline