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on back

on your back

regularly criticizing you or trying to force you to do something My mom is always on my back about leaving my clothes lying around the house.
Related vocabulary: on somebody's case Opposite of: get somebody off your back
See also: back, on

on (someone's) back

Persistently nagging or urging someone to do something.
See also: back, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MattiMAHT-teeFinnish
CzesŁAwaches-WAH-vahPolish
Urijah-Biblical
Conchita[kɔ:n'tʃi:ta:]
AndrÉIa-Portuguese (Brazilian)
Bulut-Turkish
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