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off the back

off the back prepositional phrase: eggcorn of off the bat.

Prepositional phrase

off the back

  1. Eggcorn of off the bat.

Questions about off the back

What does off the back mean?
Off the back means eggcorn of off the bat.
What part of speech is off the back?
Off the back is a prepositional phrase.

Words near off the back in the dictionary

  1. off stumps
  2. off sync
  3. off tap
  4. off target
  5. off the air
  6. off the back
  7. off the back foot
  8. off the bat
  9. off the beam
  10. off the beaten path
  11. off the beaten track

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