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a support that you can lean against while sitting; "the back of the dental chair was adjustable" in answer; "he wrote back three days later"; "had little to say in reply to the questions" in or to or toward an original condition; "he went back to sleep" in or to or toward a former location; "she went back to her parents'' house" in repayment or retaliation; "we paid back everything we had borrowed"; "he hit me and I hit him back"; "I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher" at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car" in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward" be in back of; "My garage backs their yard" be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960" support financial backing for; "back this enterprise" cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot" travel backward; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree" shift to a counterclockwise direction; "the wind backed" establish as valid or genuine; "Can you back up your claims?" strengthen by providing with a back or backing (football) a person who plays in the backfield the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer; "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store" the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned" the part of a garment that covers your back; "they pinned a `kick me'' sign on his back" the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I''m betting on the new horse" give support or one''s approval to; "I''ll second that motion"; "I can''t back this plan"; "endorse a new project" the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph" the front and back covering of a book; "the book had a leather binding" the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" |
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