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DictionarySeebehindbehind someone's back
behind (one's) backIn one's absence. The phrase typically suggests wrongdoing or deceit. I can't believe you were gossiping about me behind my back! Tom will be upset that we already made the decision behind his back.See also: back, behindbehind someone's backOut of one's presence or without someone's knowledge, as in Joan has a nasty way of maligning her friends behind their backs. Sir Thomas Malory used this metaphoric term in Le Morte d'Arthur (c. 1470): "To say of me wrong or shame behind my back." [Early 1300s] See also: back, behindbehind someone's back without a person's knowledge and in an unfair or dishonourable way.See also: back, behindFinancialSeeBehind |