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on someone's back

on someone's back prepositional phrase: nagging or harassing someone.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (informal) Nagging or harassing someone.
    • My mother's been on my back about getting a job.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, someone's, back.

Questions about on someone's back

What does on someone's back mean?
On someone's back means nagging or harassing someone.
What part of speech is on someone's back?
On someone's back is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on someone's back in the dictionary

  1. on skibidi
  2. on sleep
  3. on solid ground
  4. on someone's account
  5. on someone's ass
  6. on someone's back
  7. on someone's books
  8. on someone's butt
  9. on someone's dick
  10. on someone's dime
  11. on someone's doorstep

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