The phrase "afford back" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It seems to be an incomplete or incorrect expression, and without additional context, it is difficult to determine its intended use.
Example: "I can't afford back the money I borrowed last month."
Alternatives: "repay" or "return".
Fortunately, the Vancouver Whitecaps play in the Western Conference... Still, the Impact cannot afford back to back losses in MLS.
They seem like a godsend to older Americans seeking prescription drugs they cannot afford back in the United States, the only major developed nation without price or profit controls on medicine.
"Foreign Body", published this month, is about the next big thing: medical tourism.Central to the plot is the story of Maria Hernandez, a working-class American woman who travels to Delhi to get a hip replacement she could not afford back home.
Within minutes, those who can afford back up power, kick-start their noisy generators.
Heck cellphones were a commodity most adults couldn't even afford back then -- unless they were a doctor, a lawyer, or somebody raking in a lot of dough. .
They swanked around Kenya with huge staffs of servants that they could never have afforded back home, getting dressed up to bet on the ponies at Nairobi racecourses and undressed to swap wives at each other's country homes.
It's that forced savings that means you can buy that kid that nice winter coat that maybe you couldn't have afforded back in December, or buy a refrigerator — something big, something that takes some savings.
Miller has not yet been afforded open backing from the Rangers support, something he will presumably seek.
(It certainly helped that Picower's other investments had been so profitable that she could afford to give back $7.2 billion).
And if you can afford to, give back.
We could never afford them back home.
