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back East

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back East
to or from the eastern United States, especially the northeastern or New England states. (Used even by people who have never been in the East.) Sally felt that she had to get back East for a few days. Tom went to school back East, but his brother attended college in the Midwest.
See also: back, east


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Von Wright update: Justus Von Wright, Van Nuys' top graduating senior, plans to spend a year at a prep school back east after failing to land a college scholarship.
Ken Wilson cracked a sly grin beneath his gray beard, his "what-do-you-think-of-this" grin, as we paused from our bike ride for a moment to look back east toward Eugene and beyond.
He wanted to move back east to be with his family and his wife's family," said Howard Gordon, the company's senior vice president of business development and marketing.
 
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