have someone's back

English

Alternative forms

• cover someone's back
• have got someone's back
• get someone's back

Pronunciation

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Verb

have someone's back (third-person singular simple present has someone's back, present participle having someone's back, simple past and past participle had someone's back)

1. (idiomatic) To be prepared and willing to support or defend someone.

   If you ever need help, just ask. You know I have your back.

Synonyms

• have got someone's six (chiefly military and law enforcement slang)

Translations

be prepared and willing to support or defend someone

• Armenian: մեջքին կանգնած լինել (meǰkʿin kangnac linel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (no exact equivalent exists; lit. "support") 支持 (zh) (zhīchí)

• Czech: stát za kým impf
• Dutch: iemand steunen, achter iemand staan
• Finnish: olla jonkun tuki, tukea (fi)
• Italian: spalleggiare (it), dare man forte, sostenere (it), fiancheggiare (it)
• Russian: подде́рживать (ru) m (poddérživatʹ), защища́ть (ru) impf (zaščiščátʹ)