carry back

verb

1. tr, adverb to apply (a legally permitted credit, esp an operating loss) to the taxable income of previous years in order to ease the overall tax burden

noun

1. an amount carried back

Example Sentences

They pushed the boat up the beach, Razi wedging it safely so that it didn’t get carried back out.

From Literature

Blinken, in talks Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials, carried back some of the feedback he received from Arab leaders.

From Seattle Times

There were others, placed carefully into bags and carried back through the forest.

From Seattle Times

Those fish will, theoretically, be carried back downstream.

From Salon

Then Reveille, one more hymn and a blessing, and Brown’s casket was carried back out of the church and driven away in a hearse.

From Washington Times

Related Words

• give
• replace
• restore
• send