"get off someone's back" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: gets off someone's back [present, singular, third-person], getting off someone's back [participle, present], got off someone's back [past], got off someone's back [UK, participle, past], gotten off someone's back [US, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> off someone's back}} get off someone's back (third-person singular simple present gets off someone's back, present participle getting off someone's back, simple past got off someone's back, past participle (UK) got off someone's back or (US) gotten off someone's back)
  1. (informal, transitive, intransitive) To cease pestering or criticizing someone, i.e. to leave them alone. Tags: informal, intransitive, transitive Synonyms: later variants off someone's case, get off someone's case
    Sense id: en-get_off_someone's_back-en-verb-J30K~eub Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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