"have someone's back" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /hæv ˌsʌmwʌnz ˈbæk/ Audio: en-au-have someone's back.ogg Forms: has someone's back [present, singular, third-person], having someone's back [participle, present], had someone's back [participle, past], had someone's back [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> someone's back}} have someone's back (third-person singular simple present has someone's back, present participle having someone's back, simple past and past participle had someone's back)
  1. (idiomatic) To be prepared and willing to support or defend someone. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: have got someone's six [slang] [law-enforcement, government, military, war, politics], cover someone's back, have got someone's back, get someone's back Related terms: have someone's head (english: nearly antonymous) Translations (be prepared and willing to support or defend someone): մեջքին կանգնած լինել (meǰkʻin kangnac linel) (Armenian), stát za kým [imperfective] (Czech), iemand steunen (Dutch), achter iemand staan (Dutch), olla jonkun tuki (Finnish), tukea (Finnish), couvrir les arrières (French), assurer les arrières (French), soutenir (French), spalleggiare (Italian), dare man forte (Italian), sostenere (Italian), fiancheggiare (Italian), stawać murem [imperfective] (Polish), stanąć murem [perfective] (Polish), подде́рживать (poddérživatʹ) [masculine] (Russian), защища́ть (zaščiščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "meǰkʻin kangnac linel",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
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          "sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
          "word": "spalleggiare"
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          "sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
          "word": "dare man forte"
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          "sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
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          "sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
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      "sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
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      "sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
      "word": "olla jonkun tuki"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
      "word": "tukea"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
      "word": "couvrir les arrières"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
      "word": "assurer les arrières"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
      "word": "soutenir"
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      "sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
      "word": "spalleggiare"
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
      "word": "dare man forte"
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      "sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
      "word": "sostenere"
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      "sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
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      "word": "защища́ть"
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