back east

English

Etymology

In American English, the idiomatic establishment of back east and out west, rather than out east and back west, implicitly reflects the history of European settlement of the interior of North America in the 18th and 19th centuries, which involved a prevailing east-to-west gradient.

Adverb

back east (not comparable)

  1. In the eastern part of a country or region.
    Antonym: out west
    Coordinate terms: up north, down south
    my relatives back east

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