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pack upTo put back together.Rate it:

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paper tigerA seemingly fierce or powerful person, country or organisation without the ability to back up their words; apparently powerful but actually ineffective.Rate it:

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put backTo postpone an arranged event or appointment.Rate it:

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run backTo take someone home by car. Give someone a lift to their house.Rate it:

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square upTo pay back money that is owed.Rate it:

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back of beyondA very remote place.Rate it:

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back downTo take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to.Rate it:

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Back to Drawing BoardTo start some work again from the basics to eliminate the errors that made the earlier plan failRate it:

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back-to-backIdentical or similar and sequential.Rate it:

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go back to square onerevert to the beginning and start all over againRate it:

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answer backTo issue echo characters, protocol responses, reflexive connection requests, etc.Rate it:

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back of one's handA slap.Rate it:

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break your backto work extremely hardRate it:

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like water off a duck's backWithout immediate or lasting effects.Rate it:

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on the back footIn a defensive posture; off-balance.Rate it:

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once you go black, you never go backAn expression assuming that once a person of another race gets in a sexual relationship with a black person they won't return to their own race.Rate it:

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a lie comes back sooner or laterYou can't run from a lie, it will return to you at some point.Rate it:

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AFFORDABLE UTILITY VEHICLEHatch back (two box) vehicle with 'utility vehicle' appearance/some features; 'donut tires', e.g. Ford Ecosport. Who Sez?Rate it:

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back atchaAlternative form of back at youRate it:

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back gammon playerA sodomite.Rate it:

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back-burnerHaving low urgency; not currently important.Rate it:

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back-cloth starAn actor who stands upstage, forcing the other actors to face him and turn their backs to the audience, in order to draw more attention to himself.Rate it:

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come out swingingTo display spunk and strength of character, especially when rising above or when fighting back against trouble or adversity.Rate it:

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get backTo do something to hurt or harm someone who has hurt or harmed you.Rate it:

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long ways, long liesSomeone who comes back from a far-off country can tell lies without fear of being contradicted.Rate it:

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put the clock backTo change the time in a time zone to an earlier time.Rate it:

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sit backTo relax, to not exert oneself.Rate it:

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strike backTo retaliateRate it:

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tooth and nailViciously; with all one’s strength or power; without holding back..Rate it:

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turn backTo reverse one's direction and retrace one's steps.Rate it:

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welcome backSaid to someone coming back to somewhere they have been before.Rate it:

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what's goodwhat is your problem. Example: And now back to this bitch that had a lot to say about me the other day in the press. Miley, what's good?Rate it:

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a man hasn’t lost when he’s fallen down, he’s lost when he’s too weak to get back upit explains that giving up is losingRate it:

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ad propositum reverti, redireto come back to the point.Rate it:

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ad rem redireto come back to the point.Rate it:

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ad sanitatem adducere, revocare aliquemto bring some one back to his senses.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/X called, they want their Y backSaid about something that is outdated and can be traced to a certain period in time, usually a decade.Rate it:

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armchair quarterbacksomeone who sits back and tries to second-guess or give advice about the quarterback, coach or other players, but who is not involved in the gameRate it:

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as I was sayingUsed to refer back to a previous statement in a discourseRate it:

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au bout de l'aune faut (or, manque) le drapThere is an end to everything; The last straw breaks the camel’s back.Rate it:

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aux pauvres la besaceThe back is made for the burden.Rate it:

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avoir bon bec (fam.)To be a chatterbox; To speak well; To be able to answer back.Rate it:

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avoir des yeux derrière la têteto have eyes in the back of one's headRate it:

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back and bettercoming back togetherRate it:

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back at yaEye dialect spelling of back at you.Rate it:

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back at youUsed to return a greeting.Rate it:

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back burnerA state of low urgency; a state of low current importance.Rate it:

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back burnerA section of a stove used to keep some pots warm while one focuses on others.Rate it:

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back fortyThe most remote or inaccessible part of any place.Rate it:

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back inA betting term from French hazardRate it:

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