get\ off\ one's\ back

get\ off\ one's\ back
v. phr. slang colloquial
1. To stop criticizing or nagging someone.

"Get off my back! Can't you see how busy I am?"

2. See: get off one's case

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • get\ off\ one's\ case — • get off one s case • get off one s back • get off one s tail v. phr. To stop bothering and constantly checking up on someone; quit hounding one. Get off my case! he cried angrily. You re worse than the cops. Contrast: on one s case …   Словарь американских идиом

  • get off one's back — (Slang) stop annoying or bothering a person …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • get off one's case — or[back] or[tail] {v. phr.} To stop bothering and constantly checking up on someone; quit hounding one. * / Get off my case! he cried angrily. You re worse than the cops. / Contrast: ON ONE S CASE …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • get off one's case — or[back] or[tail] {v. phr.} To stop bothering and constantly checking up on someone; quit hounding one. * / Get off my case! he cried angrily. You re worse than the cops. / Contrast: ON ONE S CASE …   Dictionary of American idioms

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