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Phrase(s): refer something back to someone or something [and] refer something back
to send something back to someone or a group for action. • Dr. Smith knows more about this kind of case, so I referred it back to him. • They referred back all the bills., Phrase(s): refer someone back to someone or something
to suggest that someone go back to someone or something, such as the source. • I referred the client back to the lawyer she had originally consulted. • Tom referred the customer back to the manufacturer who had made the shoddy product.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs