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                    as in around
                                                
              
          
                                                      toward the opposite direction                                       
              
                             turned back for one last comment                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in backwards
                                                
              
          
                                                      toward the rear                                       
              
                             concert security asked the crowd to move back                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in jugular
                                                
              
          
                                                      a vulnerable point                                       
              
                             a candidate needing a loyal aide who can be relied upon to always watch his back                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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                    as in to advocate
                                                
              
          
                                                      to promote the interests or cause of                                       
              
                             she enthusiastically backed the plan to renovate and upgrade the school's facilities                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in to aid
                                                
              
          
                                                      to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end                                       
              
                             a number of influential people have already agreed to back the candidate                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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                    as in to reinforce
                                                
              
          
                                                      to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)                                       
              
                             the author needs to back her thesis with more facts                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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as in hind
                                      
              
          
                                                      being at or in the part of something opposite the front part                                       
              
                             she carried all the presents in the back door, as the children were playing in the front yard                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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