tilt back



tilt something back

to move something so it leans back. Alice tilted her chair back and nearly fell over. She tilted back her chair and relaxed.
See also: back, tilt

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Maritza-Spanish (Latin American)
Ilyas-Arabic
Iacopo-Italian
Vitaliya-Russian, Ukrainian
Edi-Slovene, Croatian
Hermineher-MEE-nə (German)German, French