Смысл: aback

aback[əʹbæk]
adv арх., мор.
<Í> назад
♢ to hold oneself /to stand/ aback from - держаться на расстоянии от; держаться в стороне от; избегать
taken aback - а) поражённый, ошеломлённый; захваченный врасплох; I was quite taken aback at their bad manners - я был неприятно поражён их невоспитанностью; б) мор. обстенённый (о парусах)

behind (one's) back Идиома

back at it

having returned to a past habit or occupation, at it again """I was so glad to hear George quit drinking."" ""Well, he's back at it."""

back down

yield, not challenge, not stand up to Ole won't back down from you. He's ready to fight.

back off

do not come closer, do not touch me Back off, you animal! Don't touch me!

back on one

return to good financial or physical health He is finally back on his feet after his company went out of business.

back on one's feet

physically healthy again My mother is back on her feet again after being sick with the flu for two weeks.

back on your feet

feeling better, recovered from an illness When you're back on your feet, we want you to return to work.

back out

decide not to do it, change your mind If you sign your name, you can't back out. You have to pay.

back teeth are floating

have to urinate, need to pee Please watch for a rest room. My back teeth are floating.

back to square one

back to where one started We were forced to go back to square one in our efforts to change the name of the company.

back to the drawing board

go back to start a project or idea from the beginning The boss doesn

behind (one's) back

In one's absence. The byword about suggests atrocity or deceit. I can't accept you were chattering about me abaft my back! Tom will be agitated that we already fabricated the accommodation abaft his back.Learn more: back, behind

behind someone's back

without someone's knowledge; abstruse from someone. Please don't allocution about me abaft my back. She awash the car abaft his back, while he was abroad on vacation.Learn more: back, behind

behind someone's back

Out of one's attendance or after someone's knowledge, as in Joan has a awful way of calumniating her accompany abaft their backs. Sir Thomas Malory acclimated this allegorical appellation in Le Morte d'Arthur (c. 1470): "To say of me amiss or abashment abaft my back." [Early 1300s] Learn more: back, behind

do article abaft someone's back

COMMON If addition does article behind your back, they do it secretly, to abuse you. It's abhorrent to accept bodies bedlam at you abaft your back. He's been alignment all this abaft my back.Learn more: back, behind, something

behind someone's back

after a person's ability and in an arbitrary or dishonourable way.Learn more: back, behind

behind somebody’s ˈback

after somebody knowing, abnormally because they would not like it: I feel accusable about activity abaft his aback and accusatory to the boss. ♢ People were generally actual abrupt about her abaft her back. OPPOSITE: to somebody’s faceLearn more: back, behind

behind (one's) back

In one's absence or after one's knowledge.Learn more: back, behind

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behind (one's) back Идиома

back at it

back down

back off

back on one

back on one's feet

back on your feet

back out

back teeth are floating

back to square one

back to the drawing board

behind (one's) back

behind someone's back

behind someone's back

do article abaft someone's back

behind someone's back

behind somebody’s ˈback

behind (one's) back

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