TRANSPORT BACK – Phrasal Verb
Meaning of the English Phrasal Verb
TRANSPORT BACK
English teaching for English Language Learners (ELL) who are learning English as a Second Language (ESL) or English as an Additional Language (EAL)
transport someone/something back
transport back someone/something
Definition:
To transport someone (or something) back means to return a person (or thing) to an earlier time in history.
Because this can only be done in Science Fiction or imaginary stories, this phrasal verb is often used to mean: cause someone to feel they are in a time, or place, from the past
Example:
Being at the antique car show transported my father back to his childhood.
| present – | TRANSPORT BACK |
| present participle – | TRANSPORTING BACK |
| past – | TRANSPORTED BACK |
| past participle – | TRANSPORTED BACK |
