An Foclóir Nua Béarla-Gaeilge

Focail chosúla: hack off · jack off · pack off · blank off · block off · brick off · whack off · back out · bunk off · feck off

back off

1 (v + adv) move backwards INTRANSITIVEdruid siar PhrV c m uteann siar PhrV c m ucúlaigh verb c m uhe backed off as soon as he realised that she was upset dhruid sé siar dá luaithe agus a thuig sé go raibh sí corraithe 2 (v + adv) keep distance INTRANSITIVEfan amach c m ufan siar c m ushe asked the reporters to back off d'iarr sí ar na tuairisceoirí fanacht amachBack off! Fan siar uaim! 3 (v + adv) retreat from position, commitment INTRANSITIVEtarraing siar c m ubog siar c m uthey backed off at the last moment tharraing siad siar ag an nóiméad deireanachthe workers backed off from striking tharraing na hoibrithe siar ó dhul ar stailc → féach back

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to get sb off your back informal duine a chur díot'Will you please get off my back, Seán!' 'Éist liom nóiméad, le do thoil, a Sheáin!'
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to keep sb off sb's back informalit'll keep him off your back for a while coinneoidh sé amach uait é ar feadh tamaill
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off sb's back1 pejorative at sb's expensethey're living off the backs of the poor tá siad ag teacht i dtír ar allas na mbocht2 expressing sb's generosityhe'd give you the shirt off his back thabharfadh sé an léine dá dhroim duit
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off the back of a lorry informal, euphemistic the fair was full of goods that had fallen off the back of a lorry bhí an t-aonach lán le hearraí goidte
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the sound bounces back off the cliffs preabann an fhuaim ar ais de na beanna
clear off »

clear off and don't come back! gread leat agus ná tar ar ais!, bailigh leat agus ná tar ar ais!, fág an áit uaim!
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a load off sb's mind (also a load off sb's back, a load off sb's shoulders) faoiseamhit's a load off my mind is mór an faoiseamh dom é
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a monkey off your back informalI was glad to get that monkey off my back bhí mé breá sásta é sin a chur díomthat was a monkey off their backs ba mhór an faoiseamh é sin acu
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the shirt off your back informalhe'd give you the shirt off his back dhéanfadh sé rud ar bith duit, is é croí na féile é
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no skin off sb's nose (also no skin off sb's back US) informal1 causes no hurtit's no skin off my nose ní chuireann sé isteach ná amach ormsa, is cuma liomsa sa sioc faoi, ní chuireann sé chugam ná uaim2 is of no concernthat's no skin off her nose ní bhaineann sé sin léise, ní haon chuid dá gnósa é sin
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they sod off back home in the winter greadann siad leo abhaile sa gheimhreadh
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like water off a duck's back (also water off a duck's back) mar a bheadh uisce de dhroim lachan, mar a bheadh uisce ag sileadh de lachathe insult was like water off a duck's back for me scaoil mé tharam an masla, níor chuir an masla isteach ná amach orm, níor bhain an masla feacadh asam

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