get off someone's back
English
Alternative forms
- later variants off someone's case, get off someone's case
Verb
- (informal, transitive, intransitive) To cease pestering or criticizing someone, i.e. to leave them alone.
- 2016, Daniel Gray, Saturday, 3pm: 50 Eternal Delights of Modern Football
- Nothing gets an overly inquisitive auntie or an uncle with unpalatable political views off your back like a Boxing Day fixture.
- 2016, Daniel Gray, Saturday, 3pm: 50 Eternal Delights of Modern Football
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