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GainRain Posted 14 years ago
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Come Back
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/09/business/hot-wiring-overseas-telephone-calls.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
"Mr. Jonas got the discount-telephone idea when he sent his hotel-brochure sales staff to open an office in Israel. They needed to keep in touch with American customers. Mr. Jonas, figuring that the typical salesman's phone bill might triple to about $1,000 a month, was shocked when the bills came back in the $8,000 range."
What does "back" in "come back" mean here? When a bill is sent from a service provider to a customer, it is a one way trip. I don't see any "return" here.
"Mr. Jonas got the discount-telephone idea when he sent his hotel-brochure sales staff to open an office in Israel. They needed to keep in touch with American customers. Mr. Jonas, figuring that the typical salesman's phone bill might triple to about $1,000 a month, was shocked when the bills came back in the $8,000 range."
What does "back" in "come back" mean here? When a bill is sent from a service provider to a customer, it is a one way trip. I don't see any "return" here.
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GainRain What does "back" in "come back" mean here? It doesn't make much sense when you try to think about it logically. " It's an idiom that's used in such situations.
- GainRain What does "back" in "come back" mean here?
- It doesn't make much sense when you try to think about it logically.
- " It's an idiom that's used in such situations.
- I'm not sure how common it is.
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GainRainWhat does "back" in "come back" mean here?It doesn't make much sense when you try to think about it logically. In fact "came back" in this statement just means "arrived."
It's an idiom that's used in such situations. I'm not sure how common it is.
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