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roll back the yearsTo produce a sense of nostalgiaRate it:

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stand backTo maintain a safe distance from a hazard.Rate it:

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take backTo regain possession of something.Rate it:

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take backTo retract an earlier statement.Rate it:

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wash my back, i'll wash your'sYou assist ME, Ill Assist YOURate it:

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back fortyThe remote part of a farm.Rate it:

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draw backTo retreat from a position.Rate it:

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answer backTo reply impertinently; to talk back.Rate it:

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back-of-the-envelopeApproximate, rough, simplified, especially of a calculation, estimation or other reasoning.Rate it:

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back ontoTo reverse a vehicle onto something.Rate it:

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back offTo lower the setting of.Rate it:

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back outTo reverse a vehicle from a confined space.Rate it:

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back upTo move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so.Rate it:

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back upTo provide support or the promise of support.Rate it:

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back upFor the non-striker to take a few steps down the pitch, in preparation to taking a run, just as the bowler bowls the ball.Rate it:

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back upSo as to stop the ball, and prevent overthrows.Rate it:

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bring backTo fetch something.Rate it:

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bring backTo cause someone to remember something from the past.Rate it:

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draw backTo pull something back or apart.Rate it:

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draw backTo withdraw from an undertaking.Rate it:

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flash backTo recall or remember something; to experience a flashback.Rate it:

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go back onTo fail to keep; to renege on; as, to go back on one's promises.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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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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answer backTo issue echo characters, protocol responses, reflexive connection requests, etc.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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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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get backTo do something to hurt or harm someone who has hurt or harmed you.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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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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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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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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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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