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"back" Definition

  1. to support by means of money, on the turf or otherwise.—_See_ LAY.
  2. “to get one’s BACK UP,” to annoy or enrage. Probably from the action of a cat when preparing to give battle to an enemy.

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Position in the dictionary: 63 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: back jump, back out, back slang it, back-end, back-hander, backer, backslums, bacon, bad, bad egg
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