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{
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"present",
"singular",
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},
{
"form": "having someone's back",
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"participle",
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]
},
{
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]
},
{
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}
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"name": "en-verb"
}
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"examples": [
{
"text": "If you ever need help, just ask. You know I have your back.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2022 October 5, Rowena Mason, quoting Liz Truss, “Liz Truss promises ‘growth, growth and growth’ in protest-hit speech”, in The Guardian",
"text": "Liz Truss has promised Britons she has “got your back” and set out a plan for “growth, growth and growth” in a conference speech disrupted by protesters asking who voted for her plan.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be prepared and willing to support or defend someone."
],
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],
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],
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"(idiomatic) To be prepared and willing to support or defend someone."
],
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"english": "nearly antonymous",
"word": "have someone's head"
}
],
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{
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"topics": [
"law-enforcement",
"government",
"military",
"war",
"politics"
],
"word": "have got someone's six"
},
{
"word": "cover someone's back"
},
{
"word": "have got someone's back"
},
{
"word": "get someone's back"
}
],
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "meǰkʻin kangnac linel",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
"word": "մեջքին կանգնած լինել"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"note": "(no exact equivalent exists; lit. \"support\") 支持 (zhīchí)",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "stát za kým"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
"word": "iemand steunen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
"word": "achter iemand staan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
"word": "olla jonkun tuki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
"word": "tukea"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
"word": "spalleggiare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
"word": "dare man forte"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
"word": "sostenere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
"word": "fiancheggiare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poddérživatʹ",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "подде́рживать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaščiščátʹ",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "защища́ть"
}
]
}
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"singular",
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},
{
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"present"
]
},
{
"form": "had someone's back",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "had someone's back",
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"past"
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}
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"english": "nearly antonymous",
"word": "have someone's head"
}
],
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"English verbs",
"Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"Terms with Armenian translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Russian translations"
],
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"text": "If you ever need help, just ask. You know I have your back.",
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},
{
"ref": "2022 October 5, Rowena Mason, quoting Liz Truss, “Liz Truss promises ‘growth, growth and growth’ in protest-hit speech”, in The Guardian",
"text": "Liz Truss has promised Britons she has “got your back” and set out a plan for “growth, growth and growth” in a conference speech disrupted by protesters asking who voted for her plan.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To be prepared and willing to support or defend someone."
],
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],
[
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"defend"
]
],
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"(idiomatic) To be prepared and willing to support or defend someone."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
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"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
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],
"topics": [
"law-enforcement",
"government",
"military",
"war",
"politics"
],
"word": "have got someone's six"
},
{
"word": "cover someone's back"
},
{
"word": "have got someone's back"
},
{
"word": "get someone's back"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "meǰkʻin kangnac linel",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
"word": "մեջքին կանգնած լինել"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"note": "(no exact equivalent exists; lit. \"support\") 支持 (zhīchí)",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "stát za kým"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
"word": "iemand steunen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
"word": "achter iemand staan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
"word": "olla jonkun tuki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
"word": "tukea"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
"word": "spalleggiare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
"word": "dare man forte"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
"word": "sostenere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
"word": "fiancheggiare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poddérživatʹ",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "подде́рживать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaščiščátʹ",
"sense": "be prepared and willing to support or defend someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "защища́ть"
}
],
"word": "have someone's back"
}
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