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Seemingly conflated with the phrase the shirt off one's back.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
off one's own back
Today it means: Eggcorn of off one's own bat. Full definition →
Today it means: Eggcorn of off one's own bat. Full definition →
Seemingly conflated with the phrase the shirt off one's back.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.