Meanings
present singular third person has someone's back · participle present having someone's back · participle past had someone's back · past had someone's back · alternative cover someone's back · alternative have got someone's back · alternative get someone's back
- idiomaticTo be prepared and willing to support or defend someone.
If you ever need help, just ask. You know I have your back.
1 more example
Liz Truss has promised Britons she has “got your back” and set out a plan for “growth, growth and growth” in a conference speech disrupted by protesters asking who voted for her plan.
2022 October 5, Rowena Mason, quoting Liz Truss, “Liz Truss promises ‘growth, growth and growth’ in protest-hit speech”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 02 Apr 2023Synonyms: have got someone's six
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo be prepared and willing to support or defend someone.
Translations
Czech stát za kým
- stát za kýmbe prepared and willing to support or defend someone
Dutch iemand steunen, achter iemand staan
- iemand steunenbe prepared and willing to support or defend someone
- achter iemand staanbe prepared and willing to support or defend someone
Finnish olla jonkun tuki, tukea
- olla jonkun tukibe prepared and willing to support or defend someone
- tukeabe prepared and willing to support or defend someone
French couvrir les arrières, assurer les arrières
- couvrir les arrièresbe prepared and willing to support or defend someone
- assurer les arrièresbe prepared and willing to support or defend someone
- soutenirbe prepared and willing to support or defend someone
Italian spalleggiare, dare man forte
- spalleggiarebe prepared and willing to support or defend someone
- dare man fortebe prepared and willing to support or defend someone
- sostenerebe prepared and willing to support or defend someone
- fiancheggiarebe prepared and willing to support or defend someone
Polish stawać murem, stanąć murem
- stawać murembe prepared and willing to support or defend someone
- stanąć murembe prepared and willing to support or defend someone
Russian подде́рживать, защища́ть
- подде́рживать (poddérživatʹ)be prepared and willing to support or defend someone
- защища́ть (zaščiščátʹ)be prepared and willing to support or defend someone
Spanish guardar las espaldas a, cubrir las espaldas a
- guardar las espaldas abe prepared and willing to support or defend someone
- cubrir las espaldas abe prepared and willing to support or defend someone
Cite this entry
have someone's back. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/have%20someone's%20back
“have someone's back.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/have%20someone's%20back. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “have someone's back,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/have%20someone's%20back.
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