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have one's back to the wall

Idiom(s): have one's back to the wall

Theme: DEFENSE

to be in a defensive position. (Informal.)
• He'll have to give in. He has his back to the wall.
• How can I bargain when I've got my back to the wall?

have one's aback to the wall

Idiom(s): have one's aback to the wall

Theme: DEFENSE

to be in a arresting position. (Informal.)
• He'll accept to accord in. He has his aback to the wall.
• How can I arrangement aback I've got my aback to the wall?

have (one's) aback to the wall

To be in a bad or high-pressure bearings in which one's best or adeptness to act is limited. She absolutely has her aback to the bank now that creditors are advancing afterwards her for added money than she makes.Learn more: back, have, to, wall

have one's aback to the wall

Fig. to be in a arresting position. He'll accept to accord in. He has his aback to the wall. How can I arrangement aback I've got my aback to the wall?Learn more: back, have, to, wall

have your aback to the wall

have your aback adjoin the wall

COMMON If you have your back to the wall or have your back adjoin the wall, you are in a actual difficult situation, which will be adamantine to accord with. The European Union has its aback to the bank and charge accomplish a difficult decision. The administration absolutely has its aback adjoin the wall. We are seeing the ancestry of a revolution. Note: You can additionally say when your back is to the wall or with your back to the wall. When their backs are to the wall, women action as adamantine as men. With my aback to the wall, I agreed to the decision.Learn more: back, have, to, wall

have your ˈback to the wall

be in a difficult bearings with no accessible solution: Inflation and unemployment accept risen this year and the Government has absent a lot of support. The Prime Minister absolutely has his aback to the bank now.Learn more: back, have, to, wall

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have one's back to the wall イディオム