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Definition of have (one's) back
have (one's) back 
verb
- to look out for one's interests or well-being.
Nobody has my back.
Citation from "Acid Queen", Reaper (TV), Season 1 Episode 13 (2008) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Dee Reynolds: Shaping America's Youth", It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (TV), Season 6 Episode 9 (2010) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Takedown", Rookie Blue (TV), Season 1 Episode 13 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Bill And Gary's Excellent Adventure", Alphas (TV), Season 1 Episode 6 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: friend, friends.
- See more words with the same meaning: to help.
Last edited on Feb 22 2013. Submitted by GN from SD and Ae, San Diego, CA 92113, USA on Jan 24 2003.
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Other terms relating to 'friend, friends': | |
| Definitions include: a friend or acquaintance. | |
| Definitions include: gang member, friend. | |
| Definitions include: a very good, trusted friend, often from childhood; "homie"; "boy". | |
| Definitions include: a female friend. | |
| Definitions include: Promotional items branded with company logos given away for free. | |
| Definitions include: friend. | |
| Definitions include: friend; "dude". | |
| Definitions include: an exorbitant amount of something. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "best friend(s) forever". | |
| Definitions include: cocaine. | |
| Definitions include: best friend. | |
| Definitions include: a good or best friend. | |
| Definitions include: see also my boy. | |
| Definitions include: Female friend who always needs/demands more attention than anyone else in the group. | |
| Definitions include: n. A friend kept around to abuse, make fun of, invite places and never show up, etc. | |
Other terms relating to 'to help': | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: a person who provides illegal drugs. | |
| Definitions include: to applaud. | |
| Definitions include: to suffer a task or experience in order to shield other members of some group from the displeasure; "take one for the team". | |
| Definitions include: to work to help a person, cause, etc. | |
| Definitions include: to get someone out of jail by posting bail. | |
| Definitions include: to do a solid (a favor). | |
| Definitions include: to contribute to a group cause. | |
Slang terms with the same root words
Other terms relating to 'back': | |
| Definitions include: large buttocks. | |
| Definitions include: wild or rough terrain adjacent to a developed area. | |
| Definitions include: done or performed incorrectly, strangely, opposite from the correct way, or clumsily; "backwards". | |
| Definitions include: exclamation useful when the conversation is going off tangent. | |
| Definitions include: and the same to you. | |
| Definitions include: the anus. | |
| Definitions include: the man who a cheating spouse sees on the side. | |
| Definitions include: horrendous diarrhea. | |
| Definitions include: the anus. | |
| Definitions include: Far away. | |
| Definitions include: at some time before the present. | |
| Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing. | |
| Definitions include: large buttocks. | |
| Definitions include: Slang for having a shit. | |
| Definitions include: doing better after an unfavorable event. | |
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Other terms relating to 'have': | |
| Definitions include: "The answer to your question is obviously 'yes'." | |
| Definitions include: for every bad thing that happens, there's something positive about it. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "good luck, have fun". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "have a great summer". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Have a nice day." | |
| Definitions include: a person who was once famous or successful, but is no longer. | |
| Definitions include: to take advantage of. | |
| Definitions include: to have a ball, e.g. a great time. | |
| Definitions include: to have a a problem or grudge with someone. | |
| Definitions include: to reveal information that one shouldn't. | |
| Definitions include: a promiscuous woman. | |
| Definitions include: to be very skilled in a particular area. | |
| Definitions include: See blast. | |
| Definitions include: to have a grudge to discuss. | |
| Definitions include: to perform cunnilingus; "go down on". | |
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