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Meaning of "have on one's back" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HAVE ON ONE'S BACK

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HAVE ON ONE'S BACK

have nothing to do with
have on
have one foot in the grave
have one over the eight
have one´s back to the wall
have one´s blood up
have one´s cake and eat it
have one´s feet on the ground
have one´s hands full
have one´s hands tied
have one´s head screwed on
have one´s heart in it
have one´s heart in one´s boots
have one´s heart in one´s mouth
have one´s heart in the right place
have one´s knife in someone
have one´s meat and one´s manners
have one´s work cut out
have other fish to fry
have out

WORDS THAT END LIKE HAVE ON ONE'S BACK

a slap on the back
back
back to back
bounce back
fall back
fight back
get back
go back
hit back
hold back
look back
lower back
on one´s back
pat on the back
pay back
put back
set back
sit back
slap on the back
take back
upper back

Synonyms and antonyms of have on one's back in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «have on one's back» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HAVE ON ONE'S BACK

Find out the translation of have on one's back to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

有一个人的背部
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tener en la espalda
570 millions of speakers

English

have on one´s back
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक की पीठ पर है
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يكون على ظهره
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

есть на спине
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ter sobre as costas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এক এর পিছনে আছে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

avoir sur le dos
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ada di belakang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

haben auf dem Rücken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自分の背中に持っている
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하나 의 뒷면에 있는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Duwe ing siji maneh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có trên một trở lại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒருவரின் பின்புறம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एखाद्याच्या मागे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sırt üstü olmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

avere sulla schiena
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mają na czyjejś tyłu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

є на спині
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

au pe spate cuiva
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έχουν στην πλάτη κάποιου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

het op ´n mens se rug
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ha på ryggen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

har på ens tilbake
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of have on one's back

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HAVE ON ONE'S BACK»

The term «have on one's back» is normally little used and occupies the 127.467 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about have on one's back

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAVE ON ONE'S BACK»

Discover the use of have on one's back in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to have on one's back and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Dictionary of Skiri Pawnee
<taahk+wii+raah, carry slanting on one's back> 1. tactaahpiiraa 2. titaahpiiraa 3. titaahpiiraa- hu34. iriirataahpiiraaha 5. titaahpiiraahista takustaah [-ta.kus.taa(h)-] vt(1) (pi. obj., takustaah [+ raar-]} 1. carry, pack, have on one's back, as a baby.
Douglas Richard Parks, Lula Nora Pratt, 2008
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To have on one's back: To be burdened with. He being the eldest son has many responsibility on his back. To break the back of: To overcome the main difficulties. I have almost broken the back of myjob. To turn one's back upon: To turn away.
Mohammed Wasim, 2014
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Dictionary: Tohono O'odham/Pima to English, English to ...
'chuhfc, chuchku V stop burning or giving out light; —him V. 2chuhA, chuchku Vt carry on one's back; ~ch Vts have on one's back. chuhkug/chuhhug N the body; flesh; meat; beef; the meat of any animal; ~ gaki s-N jerky; dried meat; — shoniwia ...
Dean Saxton, Lucille Saxton, Susie Enos, 1998
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Demosthenes, with an Engl. comm. by R. Whiston
On lamhn*ir (to be thrown and cruel, that whereas those who have on one's back) Buttmann, Ind. ad Meid., chosen to promote the interests of Philip observes : " Klegans est in hoc verbo find his perception in either case so translatio petite a ...
Demosthenes, Robert Whiston, 1868
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Orationes
On ivcmlirrfiv (to be thrown and cruel, that whereas those who have on one's back) Buttmann, Ind. ad Meid., chosen to promote the interests of Philip observes : " Élegans est in hoc verbo find his perception in either case so Ítranslatio petita a ...
Démosthène, 1868
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Through Other Continents: American Literature across Deep Time
This rough recall is the alternative to taxidermy, the dead preservation of dead forms. It produces not stuffed birds but the “coin of Alexander,” currency still good, though it takes the form of “small hexagonal sores,” a pain to have on one's back,  ...
Wai Chee Dimock, 2008
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井上英和大辭典
... Шт] СИНЕЕ. ЁЧЁКЁХ< . а EUA.. _to get the back, îgfqaz. _t0 give [make] a back, Émlïêlmßâïìlîh'fz. _t0 give One the бас/с. (An) îí'ìrlîlvìä. жатые/ига. _to have on one's back, HULL. _to lay a . “ï back 135 backband person on his back, { Шапки}.
井上十吉, 1915
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Basic English writers' Japanese-English wordbook
... ou, otte— rft*5j I4»i] •~^*fflf8r*-.r ~K ft 9 be much in debt to~|| ~oJS0S*rft?-J'tfI be (seriously [badly]) wounded/ be badly smashed up) (— <r>) *fS Srft? — -er^ IcA,} -JrftT take up-/ have— (on [one])/ /nfce [have]— on [one's] back/ undertake— / ...
F. J. Daniels, 1969
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Papers on China
The maximum load I have hitherto noticed was ten whole packets and two half- packets, weighing 198 catties, a good load to have on one's back for fifteen days, the time usually taken by these carriers between Ya-chou and Ta-chien-lu.
Great Britain. Foreign Office
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Writers talking
That's not the best way to go about things, but Helliconia has been an enormous sack to have on one's back. You never wait on inspiration. You sit down and you write and you see what comes out. You free-associate or whatever you do.
Nigel Gray, 1989

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAVE ON ONE'S BACK»

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I have a monkey on my back and his name is Don Draper! Liz Kelly: There are worse things to have on one's back. Melanoma. A tick. Hair. «Washington Post, Aug 09»

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