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on someone's back

Idioms

Also, on someone's case. See under off someone's back.

Example Sentences

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But, he added, capturing rare images such as a hare feeding her leveret on someone's back lawn was "just amazing".

From BBC • May 17, 2025

We hotly debated early on when no one else was doing this, since we have this static device sitting on someone’s back deck.

From The Verge • Jul. 4, 2022

I have seen grainy videos of gray aliens on someone’s back patio.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2021

I could just turn into Bran and ride on someone’s back for awhile.

From Time • Jul. 13, 2015

They would be gentle, formal, everyone gathered in the musty living room: her elderly uncles and granduncles, their wives, some cousins, and perhaps a baby tied on someone’s back.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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