backs (verb)

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• back out — verb 1. move out of a space backwards (Freq. 2) He backed out of the driveway • Hypernyms: ↑back • Verb Frames: Somebody s Somebody s PP 2. make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity …   Useful english dictionary

• back down — verb 1. move backwards from a certain position (Freq. 2) The bully had to back down • Syn: ↑back up, ↑back off • Derivationally related forms: ↑backdown • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• back onto — verb a) To reverse a vehicle onto something. The car backed onto my toe. b) To overlook something from the rear. My house backs onto the canal …   Wiktionary

• run away — verb a) To flee by running The crowd had to run away from the burning structure with only the clothes on their backs. b) To leave home, or other place of residence, usually unannounced, or to make good on a threat, with such action usually… …   Wiktionary

• back onto sth phrasal — verb (T) if a building backs onto something such as a river or field, its back faces it …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• double-cross — verb he was double crossing his family behind their backs Syn: betray, cheat, defraud, trick, hoodwink, mislead, deceive, swindle, be disloyal to, be unfaithful to, play false; informal sell down the river …   Thesaurus of popular words

• pack — Verb: To place together and prepare for transportation, as to make up a bundle or bale. State v Parsons, 124 Mo 436, 27 SW 1102. To put in a container. To admit more people into a place than it will hold comfortably. To fill a theater, auditorium …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• back — back1 [ bæk ] adverb *** ▸ 1 returning to place/state ▸ 2 as reply or reaction ▸ 3 away from the front ▸ 4 away from someone/something ▸ 5 toward beginning of something ▸ 6 in/into the past ▸ 7 in a different place ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) returning to a …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• back — I [[t]bæ̱k[/t]] ADVERB USES ♦ (In addition to the uses shown below, back is also used in phrasal verbs such as date back and fall back on .) 1) ADV: ADV after v, oft ADV prep If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in… …   English dictionary

• Glossary of American football — The following terms are used in American football and Canadian football, but see also the glossary of Canadian football. Contents: 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V …   Wikipedia

• Dime (slang) — Dime is a term with multiple slang meanings. Its formal etymology is Middle English, tenth part, tithe, from Anglo French disme, dime , from Latin decima , from feminine of decimus tenth, from decem ten. Its slang uses have been related to the… …   Wikipedia