You can finish the job by noon if you put your back to it.
I'm sure you can make the football team if you put your back to it.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
put one's back into — To put great effort into • • • Main Entry: ↑back * * * approach (a task) with vigor … Useful english dictionary
put one's back into — ► put one s back into approach (a task) with vigour. Main Entry: ↑back … English terms dictionary
To put one's back up — Back Back (b[a^]k), n. [AS. b[ae]c, bac; akin to Icel., Sw., & LG. bak, Dan. bag; cf. OHG. bahho ham, Skr. bhaj to turn, OSlav. b[=e]g[u^] flight. Cf. {Bacon}.] 1. In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
put one's back to it — {v. phr.} To make a real effort; to try. * /You can finish the job by noon if you put your back to it./ * /I m sure you can make the football team if you put your back to it./ … Dictionary of American idioms
put one's back to it — {v. phr.} To make a real effort; to try. * /You can finish the job by noon if you put your back to it./ * /I m sure you can make the football team if you put your back to it./ … Dictionary of American idioms
put one's back up — Irritate or antagonise one … A concise dictionary of English slang
put one's back into — verb To make a strenuous effort to do something. When he puts his back into the work, he gets quite a lot done … Wiktionary
put one's back into — approach (a task) with vigour. → back … English new terms dictionary
put the clocks back — (or forward) adjust clocks or watches backward (or forward) to take account of official changes in time * * * put the clocks forward/back idiom (BrE) (NAmE set/move the clocks ahead/back) to change the time shown by clocks, usually by one hour,… … Useful english dictionary
Put the Sun Back — Infobox Single Name = Put the Sun Back Artist = The Coral from Album = Roots Echoes Released = February 11, 2008 Format = CD, 2x7 vinyl Recorded = 2006 2007 Genre = Rock Length = Label = Deltasonic Last single = Jacqueline (2007) This single =… … Wikipedia
