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back idiom
In addition to the idioms beginning with back, also see a while back; behind someone's back; break one's back; break the back of; call back; choke back; come back; cut back; double back; draw back; drop back; eyes in the back of one's head; fall back; fall back on; fall over (backward); flat on one's back; from way back; get back; get one's back up; give the shirt off one's back; go back on one's word; hang back; hark(en) back; hold back; in one's own backyard; kick back; knock back; know like a book (the back of one's hand); left-handed (back-handed) compliment; like water off a duck's back; look back; monkey on one's back; off someone's back; pat on the back; pay back in someone's own coin; pin someone's ears back; play back; plow back; pull back; put one's back in it; put one's back up; roll back; scratch someone's back; see the back of; set back; set back on one's heels; set one back; set the clock back; sit back; slap on the back; snap back; stab in the back; take aback; take a back seat; take back; talk back; think back; throw back; turn back; turn one's back on; when someone's back is turned; with one arm tied behind one's back; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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