The phrase "attempted back" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe an action that was attempted to be reversed or undone, but it lacks clarity and proper context.
Example: "He attempted back to the original plan, but it was too late."
Alternatives: "tried to revert" or "attempted to return."
In the 82 minutes it took New Zealand to end England's agony, there were a few disturbing glimpses: a misfield by Giles at long leg, an attempted back flick from Vaughan to Darren Gough which flew feet above his head, and a misfield by Anthony McGrath to complete New Zealand's victory.
Lubo Satka's own goal, an attempted back pass, handed Notts a consolation.
While at the other end, Scott Dann almost punctuated his Blackburn debut with an error when his attempted back pass was intercepted by Zamora.
Harkness was woefully short with his attempted back pass on 21 and Roy pounced on to the mistake before slotting past Lee Windrum.
In the grandly goofy "The World's End," five blokes reunite for an epic 12-pub crawl they attempted back in high school.
Mistakes they made on Saturday, none more so than the captain, Wes Morgan, whose hopelessly miskicked attempted back-pass allowed Jon Walters in to put Stoke two ahead.
85 mins: Another good right-wing cross from Larsson, but Ji's attempted back-post volley is extremely unconvincing and doesn't get near the ball.
Leicester's equaliser was a horrible moment for Fellaini, who underhit an attempted back-pass for David De Gea, which allowed Vardy to nip in and finish.
St Mirren were passing the ball well enough but were not really testing goalkeeper Jamie Langfield, until defender Ash Taylor made a mistake with an attempted back-pass.
The Argentine's attempted back-pass to Fabianski was picked off by the Spanish striker, who calmly slotted the ball past the Polish goalkeeper.
Samuel's attempted back-pass took a deflection off Kevin McNaughton's head as it skidded towards goal and keeper Bywater rushed off his line, seemingly with enough time to clear the ball from danger outside of his penalty area.
