| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
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| back teeth are floating |
have to urinate, need to pee |
Please watch for a rest room. My back teeth are floating. |
| back to square one |
back to the first step, start from scratch |
If you forget to do one of the steps, it's back to square one. |
| back to the drawing board |
back to the beginning, back to square one |
If this plan fails, it's back to the drawing board. We start again. |
| back to the grind |
return to the job, go back to work |
After New Year's, it's back to the grind - the old routine. |
| back up |
go backwards, drive in reverse |
I'll back up the truck so we can load it. |
| back you |
support your decision, sign your application |
His brother will back him if he needs financing. |
| back yourself into a corner |
put yourself in a bad position, have no escape |
If you buy what you can't afford you back yourself into a corner. |
| backpack (business) |
support, be the parent company |
First, GM backpacked Saab. Then they bought the company. |
| backroom boys |
men who play poker and smoke in a room at the back of the store |
When the police raided Gino's they arrested four of the backroom boys. |
| backside |
buttocks, bum, buns |
When I was learning to skate, I fell a lot. My backside was sore! |
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