Understanding "come back to you on something" - English ...

It means, I will have to do some investigation or work before I can fulfill your request or answer your question. For example,. "Can you tell me ... EnglishLanguageLearnersStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforspeakersofotherlanguageslearningEnglish.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Startcollaboratingandsharingorganizationalknowledge. CreateafreeTeam WhyTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore Understanding"comebacktoyouonsomething" AskQuestion Asked 7years,4monthsago Modified 7years,4monthsago Viewed 8ktimes 1 IamlearningEnglish,butIamnotfamiliarwithidioms.CouldsomebodyexplainmeinplainEnglishwhatdoesitmean"Iwillneedtocomebacktoyouonthisrequest." sentence-constructionidioms Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedJan22,2015at17:39 ColleenV 11.6k1111goldbadges4343silverbadges8080bronzebadges askedJan22,2015at17:28 YeynnoYeynno 18711goldbadge33silverbadges66bronzebadges Addacomment  |  2Answers 2 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 1 Iusuallyhearthisas"Iwillhavetogetbacktoyouonthis"inAmE,although"comebacktoyou"isalsoused.Itmeans,IwillhavetodosomeinvestigationorworkbeforeIcanfulfillyourrequestoransweryourquestion.Forexample, "Canyoutellmethedateofmylastpayment?" "Letmecheckmyfilesandcomebacktoyouonthat.IsthereanythingelseIcanhelpyouwith?" Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedJan22,2015at20:43 answeredJan22,2015at17:50 ColleenVColleenV 11.6k1111goldbadges4343silverbadges8080bronzebadges Addacomment  |  0 Inmyexperience,"getbacktoyou"ismorecommonthan"comebacktoyou",butthecontextsuggestsit'sthesamemeaning. Itmeans"Icannotansweryourightnow,butIwillansweryoulater." Maybethespeakerdoesn'tknowtheansweryet,andsoplanstogoresearchit,andthentellyoutheanswerbasedontheirresearch. Maybethespeakerdoesknowtheanswer,butdoesn'thavetimetodelivertheanswerproperlyrightnow.(Becausetheanswerislongandcomplex,orrequiresadiagram,orsomething.) Maybethespeakerdoesn'tknowiftheyhavepermissiontoansweryou-theinformationmaybeconfidential,sotheyneedtogofindoutifthey'reallowedtodiscloseittoyou. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJan22,2015at20:31 StephenDunscombeStephenDunscombe 1,56488silverbadges99bronzebadges Addacomment  |  Youmustlogintoanswerthisquestion. Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedsentence-constructionidioms. FeaturedonMeta AnnouncingthearrivalofValuedAssociate#1214:Dalmarus Improvementstositestatusandincidentcommunication Related 0 Whatdoes"youhavetwitchesto-night"mean? 2 Whatisdifferenceamong"come""comeup""comeover"and"comearound"? 0 Whatdoes"canfreezehelloverwithaglance"mean? 2 Howtousetheexpression"throwoneselfintosomething" 8 IsthereanEnglishidiomforprovocativetitles,somethinglike"yellowtitle"? 2 Whatisthedifferencebetween'pathimontheback'and'pathisback'? 2 "GoBacktosquareone"VS"Gobacktothedrawingboard" 5 "Backintheday"vs"backinthedays" 1 Whatdoes'tocomeoverone'shoot'mean? HotNetworkQuestions IhaveaRover452003model FeelinglikeafraudatastartupIjoinedasanintern ScribblePadforNerds MakethelistFibonacci-like DoesaCarKeepMovingIfNeitherAccelerator,NorBrakeIsPressed? Howatnormalspeed,is"onenaunenhaut,hein?"pronouncedbynatives? Newemployeraskedmetoworkcontrarytoouragreement.Iamnotsurewhattodo IjustboughtahouseandIseeagasline,110vand220voutletinthelaundryroom.DoesthismeanIcaninstalleitheragasorelectricdryer? CanIcheckinattheairportwithoutavisaasIintendtogetVisaonArrivalatmydestination? DiddigitalsignaturescomefromZeroKnowledgeProofs? Extraspacingontheleftofoperator? Arethereestimatesofhowmuchsalariesareaffectedbyincometaxrates? Howdoesthewordorderworkinthissentence? Whatisnon-networkedUnixdomainsocket? Dryerventissue-notenoughventtohookuphose Howcanbrassstillbemadeeventhoughthecrystalstructuresofzincandcopperarenotthesame? Whatwouldanalienspaceshipneedtohavetobeundetectabletouswithourcurrenttechnology HowcanIfindoutthenumberofteethoneachcogforcassettesandchainrings? Whatwasthe"highCommissionerofthePoliceinScotland"in1777? WhatdoesT_Lmeaninadiodedatasheet? Ifeelmorecomfortableworkingfromanoffice.Isthisnowa'drawback'? Doesanelectricfieldcausethevacuumtoemitphotons? Isthereawordforsomethingthatisstructuredlikeaparody,buttoreflectpositivelyontheoriginalcontext? Cartoonshowfromtheearly2000saboutarookiecopinaworldwhereeveryoneisarobotshapedasasphere morehotquestions Questionfeed SubscribetoRSS Questionfeed TosubscribetothisRSSfeed,copyandpastethisURLintoyourRSSreader. Yourprivacy Byclicking“Acceptallcookies”,youagreeStackExchangecanstorecookiesonyourdeviceanddiscloseinformationinaccordancewithourCookiePolicy. Acceptallcookies Customizesettings