back the field in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "backs the field",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "backing the field",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "backed the field",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "backed the field",
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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      "glosses": [
        "To bet against a particular horse or horses, that some one of all the other horses, collectively designated \"the field\", will win."
      ],
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        [
          "horses",
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          "win",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(horse racing) To bet against a particular horse or horses, that some one of all the other horses, collectively designated \"the field\", will win."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "horse-racing",
        "horseracing",
        "horses",
        "lifestyle",
        "pets",
        "racing",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "back the field"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "backs the field",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "backing the field",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "backed the field",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "backed the field",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "*"
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      "expansion": "back the field (third-person singular simple present backs the field, present participle backing the field, simple past and past participle backed the field)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
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        "en:Horse racing"
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        "To bet against a particular horse or horses, that some one of all the other horses, collectively designated \"the field\", will win."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "horse racing",
          "horse racing"
        ],
        [
          "bet",
          "bet"
        ],
        [
          "horse",
          "horse"
        ],
        [
          "horses",
          "horses"
        ],
        [
          "win",
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        "(horse racing) To bet against a particular horse or horses, that some one of all the other horses, collectively designated \"the field\", will win."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "horse-racing",
        "horseracing",
        "horses",
        "lifestyle",
        "pets",
        "racing",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "back the field"
}

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"back the field" meaning in English

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