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
Severina-Italian, Portuguese, Croatian, German, Ancient Roman
Olympia[əu'limpiə]
Anup-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam
Hadiyya-Arabic
IsidoreIZ-i-dawr (English), ee-zee-DOR (French)English, French, Georgian, Jewish
JÖRgen-Swedish