| pat (someone) on the back |
(informal) to encourage, praise, or congratulate by words or actions. |
| pay back |
to return what is owed or borrowed; repay. |
| pull back |
to cause (troops) to retreat from an area. [3 definitions] |
| put back |
to return (something) to a place. [4 definitions] |
| Rhodesian ridge-back |
a large, muscular breed of hunting dog developed in southern Africa that has a tan or tannish red coat and a ridge along the spine formed by the hairs growing forward rather than with the rest of the coat. |
| scale back |
to reduce the size or extent of something from what it currently is or what it previously had been. |
| sit back |
to put oneself comfortably in a chair or other type of seat. [2 definitions] |
| stab (someone) in the back |
to betray (a person who trusted one). |
| step back |
to discontinue some action in order to consider what one is doing more calmly or objectively. |
| take a back seat |
(informal) to hold a secondary position or be considered less than excellent. |
| take back |
to retrieve or reclaim ownership of. [3 definitions] |
| talk back |
to respond in a rude or impertinent manner. |
| the straw that broke the camel's back |
the final, decisive defeat, failure, indignity, burden, or the like that causes collapse, exhaustion, the losing of one's temper, or the like. |
| turn back |
to change one's direction and go toward the direction one has just come. [2 definitions] |
| turn one's back on |
to neglect or abandon. |