v. |
[1] |
invest in
,
wager/bet on
|
[2] |
back up
,
support
,
uphold
,
stand behind
,
promote
,
encourage
,
help
,
uphold
,
second
,
side with
,
endorse
,
aid
,
abet
,
assist
,
sponsor
,
subsidize
,
underwrite
,
subvene
,
finance
,
(Slang) (US/Canadian) bankroll
|
[3] |
reverse
,
go/move in reverse
,
go/move backwards
|
[4] |
back down (from)/off (from)/away (from)/out (of)/up
,
withdraw (from)
,
retreat (from)
,
abandon
,
retire (from)
,
backtrack (from)
,
shy away (from)
,
recoil (from)
,
turn tail (from)
|
[5] |
indorse
,
plump for
,
plunk for
|
[6] |
indorse
|
[7] |
bet on
,
gage
,
stake
,
game
,
punt
|
|
n. |
[1] |
dorsum
|
[2] |
spinal column
,
backside
,
rear
,
vertebral column
,
spine
,
(Technical) dorsum
,
backbone
,
rachis
|
[3] |
binding
,
at the back of/at someone's back
,
behind
,
book binding
,
cover
,
following
,
pursuing
,
chasing
,
(US) in back of
|
[4] |
behind the back of/behind someone's back
,
surreptitiously
,
secretly
,
clandestinely
,
privately
,
furtively
,
sneakily
,
slyly
,
treacherously
,
traitorously
,
perfidiously
,
deceitfully
,
insidiously
|
[5] |
break the back of
,
backrest
|
[6] |
overcome
,
master
|
[7] |
(US) crush
,
ruin
,
bankrupt
,
destroy
,
defeat
,
vanquish
,
(Colloq) break
|
[8] |
on (someone's) back
,
(US) weighing (down) on/upon (someone)
,
burdening (someone)
,
lodged with (someone)
,
resting with (someone)
|
[9] |
turn one's back on/upon
,
abandon
,
forsake
,
ignore
,
disregard
,
repudiate
,
reject
,
cast off
,
disown
,
deny
|
[10] |
with one's back to/against the wall
,
hard pressed
,
struggling (against odds)
,
without hope
,
with little/no hope
,
helpless
,
in dire straits
,
in (serious) trouble
|
|
adv. |
[1] |
to/toward(s) the rear
,
rearward(s)
,
backward(s)
,
away
|
[2] |
5 in return/repayment/requital/retaliation
,
again
|
[3] |
ago
,
in time(s) past
|
[4] |
behind
,
behindhand
,
in arrears
,
overdue
|
[5] |
go back on
,
renege
,
fail
,
deny
,
disavow
,
break
,
repudiate
|
[6] |
backward
,
backwards
,
rearward
,
rearwards
|
[7] |
backward
|
|
adj. |
[1] |
rear
,
service
,
servants'
|
[2] |
(US/Australian/New Zealand) outlying
,
remote
,
isolated
,
distant
,
undeveloped
,
primitive
,
raw
,
rough
,
uncivilized
|
[3] |
in arrears
,
overdue
,
past due
,
late
,
behindhand
|
[4] |
hind
,
hinder
|
|