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Definition of having their back to the wall

have (one's) back to the wall

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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: obscure.
Definitions include: obscure.
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: a place that is 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.

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: a person who has been a lesbian but now lives a heterosexual lifestyle.
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.

Other terms relating to 'the':

Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
Definitions include: interrogation.
Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
Definitions include: information.
Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
Definitions include: a good estimate.
Definitions include: a secret advantage.
Definitions include: inclusive.
Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.

Other terms relating to 'to':

Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
Definitions include: See nine to five.
Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
Definitions include: a declaration of victory or superiority.
Definitions include: sex in which anal sex is immediately followed by fellatio.
Definitions include: to revisit one's past.
Definitions include: to go back to the beginning.
Definitions include: extreme; "all out".
Definitions include: to be vastly superior.
Definitions include: to perform an activity before someone else.
Definitions include: to be unintelligible.
Definitions include: to do.
Definitions include: more important things to deal with.
Definitions include: to kill or destroy.

Other terms relating to 'wall':

Definitions include: extreme; "all out".
Definitions include: to face difficulties while trying to solve a problem.
Definitions include: in prison.
Definitions include: the police code of silence about misconduct and perjured testimony by other police, allowing them to follow illegal practices with impunity.
Definitions include: to feel agitated.
Definitions include: to severely aggravate someone.
Definitions include: acronym for "face the wall."
Definitions include: to get a person into a disadvantageous position.
Definitions include: a small, often decrepit business.
Definitions include: strange.
Definitions include: to vomit forcefully, usually suddenly, leaving no time to seek a proper container; "projectile vomit".
Definitions include: a metaphorical "wall" that prevents access to content until payment is made.
Definitions include: to waste one's money.
Definitions include: the vagina.
Definitions include: to present an idea and test the reaction.

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