get off someone's back
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Definitions of get off someone's back words
- noun get off someone's back to stop criticizing or pestering someone 0
- noun get off someone's back to stop nagging or harassing someone 0
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Parts of speech for Get off someone's back
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get off someone's back popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for get off someone's back
verb get off someone's back
- back off — If you back off, you move away in order to avoid problems or a fight.
- get off someone's case — an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something: Sailing in such a storm was a case of poor judgment.
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