be on the back of
Example Sentences
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I was just fortunate to be on the back of him today.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
“So when you’re waiting for his groundstroke, you are going to be on the back of your feet, so he can use a drop shot much better than some other guys.”
From Washington Post • May 27, 2022
Well, it made all the sense in the world that it would be on the back of a router, and we have a company, Eero, building world-class mesh routers.
From The Verge • Oct. 12, 2021
That authorization would be on the back of a small U.K. study that, even if successful, would fall far short of the normal requirements for the approval of a vaccine.
From Slate • Aug. 23, 2020
It’s one thing to be on the back of a horse you know and quite another to be behind the heels of another that its driver doesn’t know!
From Dorothy's House Party by Raymond, Evelyn
