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单词 to show the back
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to show (a person) the (or one's) back
b. to show (a person) the (or one's) back: to flee, to run away from someone or something; (in later use also) to turn one's back. With indirect object or to.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away from [verb (transitive)] > run away from
of-runOE
to show (a person) a (clean or fair) pair of heels (also one's heels)1370
to show (a person) the (or one's) backc1450
overrun1583
run1606
shuna1616
bail1775
c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 928 (MED) Ph[ilip]..Braidis on his blonke toward þe burȝe & þaim þe bak shewis.
1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos v. sig. D And now retyre they done, now shew theyr backs in signe of flight.
1605 R. F. tr. F. Dedekind Schoole of Slovenrie i. 3 If any man obiect to thee, that manners thou doost lacke, Bid him if he mislike that sight, be gone and shew his backe.
1684 C. Ness Spiritual Legacy 47 Symonide's shewing his Face, soon shewed his Back and was gone.
1715 J. Phillips Earl of Mar Marr'd i. i. 2 O' me Saul he'll feeght weel, and ne'er run awa, cause he'd be shaum'd tul show his Back.
1798 J. Ebers New & Compl. Dict. German & Eng. Lang. II. 171/2 Sich von einem hinweg wenden, to turn away from one, to shew him your Back.
1809 Ann. Reg. 1807 (Otridge ed.) Chron. 601/1 He had not received a wound, and boasted, till death, that he never showed his back to the enemy.
1908 McClure's Mag. Sept. 590/1 He showed his back to the tax-gatherers and trekked east to the very edge of the world.
1995 R. Philcox tr. M. Condé Crossing Mangrove 39 ‘Where have you been hanging around again?’ he growled. I showed him my back and went up to my room.
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