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adj. - Giving back; Turning back or in the reverse direction; Coming back.

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  • returning to town in the stage-coach, which was filled with Mr. Gilman's guests, we stopped for a minute or two at Kentish Town.
  • Can't Post | Private Reply in returning from the plaza del toros I stopped in there and noticed there WERE receptacles in each stall.
  • That's what you call returning good for evil, with a vengeance!
  • "So this, sir, is what you call returning to nature, is it?" he cried in
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