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And remember that the be-back had better be written off the minute he walks out the door.
How to Sell Anything to Anybody Joe Girard Stanley H. Brown 2005
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In fact the more sincere the promise the more definitive the outcome: a be-back never, ever, came back.
California Dreaming Lawrence Donegan 2002
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In fact the more sincere the promise the more definitive the outcome: a be-back never, ever, came back.
California Dreaming Lawrence Donegan 2002
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It's not to pave the way for a "be-back" listing, where you plan to return at a later date to handle paperwork and secure final prospect approval.
Real Blogging 2009
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Switch off the skirt, take off the hat and curls, and put on a man's cap which you can carry rolled up in your hand, and there you'd be-back as a man again. "
Partners In Crime Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1984
TankHughes commented on the word be-back
From the 1959 Oldsmobile industrial musical "Good News About Olds", the song "Don't Let a Be-Back Get Away." http://www.industrialmusicals.com/songs/
Heard about industrial musicals on the "Under the Influence" podcast.
June 22, 2016