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backs the field

backs the field is the third-person singular simple present indicative of back the field.

Meaning of back the field

Verb

back the field (third-person singular simple present backs the field, present participle backing the field, simple past and past participle backed the field)

  1. To bet against a particular horse or horses, that some one of all the other horses, collectively designated "the field", will win.

Questions about backs the field

What is backs the field the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Backs the field is the third-person singular simple present indicative of back the field.

Words near backs the field in the dictionary

  1. backs on to
  2. backs one out
  3. backs oneself into a corner
  4. backs onto
  5. backs out
  6. backs the field
  7. backs the right horse
  8. backs the wrong horse
  9. backs to the wall
  10. backs up
  11. backs up the truck

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