Share prices rose sharply on the back of a rise in profits.
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The profits growth came on the back of a 26 per cent rise in sales.
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The Back of Love — Infobox Single Name = The Back of Love Cover size = Caption = Artist = Echo the Bunnymen Album = Porcupine A side = B side = The Subject / Fuel Released = 21 May 1982 Format = 7 , 12 Recorded = Trident Studios, London / Square One Studios,… … Wikipedia
To turn the back — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To turn the back on — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To turn the back upon — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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eyes in the back of one's head — {n. phr.}, {informal} Ability to know what happens when your back is turned. * /Mother must have eyes in the back of her head, because she always knows when I do something wrong./ … Dictionary of American idioms
eyes in the back of one's head — {n. phr.}, {informal} Ability to know what happens when your back is turned. * /Mother must have eyes in the back of her head, because she always knows when I do something wrong./ … Dictionary of American idioms
stab in the back(1) — {v. phr.}, {slang} To say or do something unfair that harms (a friend or someone who trusts you). * /Owen stabbed his friend Max in the back by telling lies about him./ … Dictionary of American idioms
stab in the back(1) — {v. phr.}, {slang} To say or do something unfair that harms (a friend or someone who trusts you). * /Owen stabbed his friend Max in the back by telling lies about him./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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