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turn one's back on

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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bak]
    • /tɜrn wʌnz bæk ɒn, ɔn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bak]
    • /tɜrn wʌnz bæk ɒn, ɔn/

Definitions of turn one's back on words

  • noun turn one's back on the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine. 1
  • noun turn one's back on the part of the body of animals corresponding to the human back. 1
  • noun turn one's back on the rear portion of any part of the body: the back of the head. 1
  • noun turn one's back on the whole body, with reference to clothing: the clothes on his back. 1
  • noun turn one's back on ability for labor; effort; endurance: He put his back into the task. 1
  • noun turn one's back on the part opposite to or farthest from the front; the rear part: the back of a hall. 1
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Origin of turn one's back on

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English bak, Old English bæc back of the body; cognate with Old Frisian bek, Old Saxon, Old Norse bak; perhaps < Indo-European *bhogo- bending; cf. bacon

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Parts of speech for Turn one's back on

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Turn one's back on

turn one's back on popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% 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 turn one's back on

verb turn one's back on

  • beg off — to ask to be released from an engagement, obligation, etc
  • hold off — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • nix — nothing.
  • nixing — nothing.
All 4 Synonyms of turn one's back on

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