feed back into

feed (something) back into (something)

To try to re-insert something into a machine. Good luck feeding that paper back into the printer—that thing seems to have a mind of its own!
See also: back, feed
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

feed something back into something

to return something back to where it came. I tried to feed the stamps back into the machine, but, of course, they wouldn't go. The machine made too many boxes, but you can't feed them back into it!
See also: back, feed
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • be/go back to square one
  • come back and see us
  • back to square one
  • back
  • back at (something or some place)
  • break one's neck, to
  • beat back
  • (in) back of (something)
  • back of
  • back of something
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The evidence will provide the basis from which the NCGE will operate and feed back into government policy, with the aim of promoting entrepreneurship among students and graduates.
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