<span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">of</span> As a result <span class="searchmatch">of</span>; after; subsequent to. 2011 June 28, Piers Newbery, “Wimbledon 2011: Sabine Lisicki beats Marion Bartoli”, in BBC Sport[1]:...
pat-<span class="searchmatch">on</span>-<span class="searchmatch">the</span>-<span class="searchmatch">back</span> pat-<span class="searchmatch">on</span>-<span class="searchmatch">the</span>-<span class="searchmatch">back</span> (noun) pat <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span> (plural pats <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span>) (idiomatic) Praise, congratulations. Give yourself a pat <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span> for...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">Back</span>, <span class="searchmatch">back</span>-, and <span class="searchmatch">bäck</span> English Wikipedia has articles <span class="searchmatch">on</span>: <span class="searchmatch">back</span> (rear <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> body) and other uses Wikipedia Wikipedia (Received Pronunciation,...
takeback take <span class="searchmatch">back</span> (third-person singular simple present takes <span class="searchmatch">back</span>, present participle taking <span class="searchmatch">back</span>, simple past took <span class="searchmatch">back</span>, past participle taken <span class="searchmatch">back</span>) (transitive)...
slap <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span> (plural slaps <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span> or slaps <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">backs</span>) Commendations. slap someone <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span> “slap <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span>”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford...
<span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span> (third-person singular simple present goes <span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span>, present participle going <span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span>, simple past went <span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span>, past participle gone <span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span>)...
<span class="searchmatch">back</span> number (plural <span class="searchmatch">back</span> numbers) A <span class="searchmatch">back</span> issue <span class="searchmatch">of</span> a magazine, etc. 1941 December, “<span class="searchmatch">Back</span> Numbers <span class="searchmatch">of</span> "<span class="searchmatch">The</span> Railway Magazine"”, in Railway Magazine, page...
see <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">of</span> (third-person singular simple present sees <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">of</span>, present participle seeing <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">of</span>, simple past saw <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">of</span>, past participle...
<span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span> burner (idiomatic) Not immediate; inactive; receiving or requiring less than full or regular attention. Antonym: <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> front burner That...
also: <span class="searchmatch">back</span>-to-<span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span> to <span class="searchmatch">back</span> (not comparable) Alternative form <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span>-to-<span class="searchmatch">back</span>. <span class="searchmatch">back</span> to <span class="searchmatch">back</span> (not comparable) With one's <span class="searchmatch">back</span> facing that <span class="searchmatch">of</span> somebody...