Meaning of behind someone's back | Babel Free

Definitions

Without somebody's knowledge; secretly.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“The employees talked about their boss behind his back.”

“You will lose good karma if you say bad things behind people's backs.”

“I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.”

“Giant machines, precision tools, monster missiles, and all such [they] did lack. Indeed, the last industrial revolution happened behind their back.”

“You can all just kiss off into the air / Behind my back I can see them stare / They'll hurt me bad, but I won't mind / They'll hurt me bad, they do it all the time”

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