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The phrase "told me back" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be a misunderstanding or misphrasing of "told me" or "got back to me." Example: "She told me back that she would consider my proposal."
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"This argument may seem provocative," he told me back then.
"I'm a history guy," he told me back then.
It was strange, she told me back then.
"We have to win Delhi," he told me back in February.
Sounds very much like what Mr. Nevard told me back in 1967.
He told me back, "I always get the crazy ones" and muttered at me in another language.
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"They told me, 'Go back where you came from.
Vince told me to back Papillon in the Grand National.
He told me, 'You back down on your decision.
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