(idiomatic, transitive) To praise or congratulate.

(idiomatic) Located back at the start, as after a dead end or failure.

(idiomatic) Back to the start, as after a dead end or failure.

(Britain, idiomatic) The long way; a roundabout route; a long distance to travel.

(idiomatic) Not immediate; inactive; receiving or requiring less than full or regular attention.

relating to the back benches in parliament / Pertaining to the preparation of a donor organ prior to transplantation. / Secondary or inactive.

(politics, UK, New Zealand, often attributive) In a house of legislature following the model of the Westminster system (such as the UK House of Commons), any bench behind either of the front benches and occupied by rank-and-file members.

Alternative form of wacky tobaccy

(idiomatic) To adopt a position of noninvolvement. / (idiomatic) To be second to someone or something; to be less important or have a lower priority.

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