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To Return

  1. (intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
  2. (intransitive) To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To turn back, retreat.
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To turn (something) round.
  5. (transitive) To place or put back something where it had been.
  6. (transitive) To give something back to its original holder or owner.
  7. (transitive) To take back something to a vendor for a refund.
  8. To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
  9. (tennis) To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.
  10. (card games) To play a card as a result of another player's lead.
  11. (cricket) To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.
  12. (transitive) To say in reply; to respond.
  13. (intransitive, computing) To relinquish control to the calling procedure.
  14. (transitive, computing) To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.
  15. (transitive, dated) To retort; to throw back.
  16. (transitive) To report, or bring back and make known. 17. (by extension, Britain) To elect according to the official report of the election officers.