10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUT ONE'S BACK INTO»
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
[Early 1800s] Also see put out. put one's back into Make a strenuous effort at, as
in Ifyou put your back into that report, you'll soon be done. This idiom alludes to
physical labor involving the strength of one's back. It was first re- corded in 1882.
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
... kapardisem □ Don 't put on airs with me Jack. I know you too well... □ / don't
like you to talk that way to me. You 're too young to put on such an air with your
mother. put one's back into sth i ve gjoksin (shpatullat), ve te gjitha forcat □ If you
...
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Rajpal Dictionary Of English Idioms & Phrases
... one in possession of information * He put him wise about the imminent danger
looming large Put one's back into: Do with might and main * They have put their
backs into the tough task of fighting against heavy odds Put one's back up: Show
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... a rod for one's own back M, ROD to pat on the back M. PAT to put/ get
someone's back up hIEKA < {£ * ASS [jits? * a IS -1 f K ft »S to put one's back into
iMftfc* ; ##f# % (If you put your hack into this task, you can complete it by the end
of this ...
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Idiomatic Expressions with English Grammar' 99 Ed.
PUT OUT TO SEA PUT ONE WISE PUT ONE'S BACK// INTO/TO//IT PUT ONE'S
BEST FOOT FORWARD PUT ONE'S CARDS ON THE TABLE PUT ONE'S
FINGER ON PUT ONE'S FOOT DOWN PUT ONE'S FOOT INTO ONE'S MOUTH
PUT ...
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Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
... put one's back into ( in/) to do (something) with all one's strength: He really put
his back into making the business profitable. put someone's back up ( m/) to
anger someone : / /' f'u! my back up with his boasting. take a back seat (fig) to take
an ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
know backwards see know. lean over backwards see bend. make a rod for one's
(own) back see rod. put one's back into (something) (inj) to do (something) with
all one's strength: He really put his back into making the business profitable. put ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
know backwards see know, lean over backwards see bend. make a rod for one's
(own) back see rod. put one's back into (something) (inf) to do (something) with
all one's strength: He really put his back into making the business profitable. put ...
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Dictionary of St. Lucian Creole: Part 1: Kwéyòl - English, ...
... on one's back, tonbe asou do-ou; to set a man's back up, éwité i; to turn one's
back on someone, tounen do-ou asou tel moun; to put one's back into something,
twavai fd adan; be on one's back, kouché malad; behind one's back, san ou sav;
...
Jones E. Mondesir, Lawrence D. Carrington, 1992
10
Advanced Learner's Dictionary
... the firm will go bust in three months. know something backwards to know
something very thoroughly: He's been revising for weeks so he should know
everything backwards by now. put one's back into something to use the greatest
effort to ...
