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  1. To reverse a vehicle into a space.
  2. To bet that a player or team will win, as opposed to bet that they will lose.
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“It turned into a pig,” Alice quietly said, just as if it had come back in a natural way.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 47 · B2
“The trial cannot proceed,” said the King in a very grave voice, “until all the jurymen are back in their proper places—_all_,” he repeated with great emphasis, looking hard at Alice as he said so.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 91 · B2
In less than a minute he was back in the cab with the ring.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 13 · C1
He flung the fire pot on the ground, and some of the red coals lit a tuft of dried moss that flared up, as all the Council drew back in terror before the leaping flames.
The Jungle Book, p. 25 · B2

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