"have one's back to the wall" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Îngilîzî]

  1. ketin rewşeke neçar Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: ku-have_one's_back_to_the_wall-en-verb-LExYJhuI Categories (other): Biwêj bi îngilîzî
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: back to the wall
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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lema bi îngilîzî",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lêker bi îngilîzî",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Madeyên zimanekî xelet bi kar tînin bi îngilîzî",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Rûpelên bi 1 madeyî",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Rûpelên bi madeyan",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Termên bi çend peyvan bi îngilîzî",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Îngilîzî",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
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  "lang": "Îngilîzî",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Lêker",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "back to the wall"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Biwêj bi îngilîzî",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ketin rewşeke neçar"
      ],
      "id": "ku-have_one's_back_to_the_wall-en-verb-LExYJhuI",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "have one's back to the wall"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Lema bi îngilîzî",
    "Lêker bi îngilîzî",
    "Madeyên zimanekî xelet bi kar tînin bi îngilîzî",
    "Rûpelên bi 1 madeyî",
    "Rûpelên bi madeyan",
    "Termên bi çend peyvan bi îngilîzî",
    "Îngilîzî"
  ],
  "lang": "Îngilîzî",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Lêker",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "back to the wall"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Biwêj bi îngilîzî"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ketin rewşeke neçar"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "have one's back to the wall"
}

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