Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “get off someone’s back“ and its meaning is “to stop criticizing or annoying or bothering or harassing someone and leave him/her alone”.
Example Sentence: India’s political class has consistently promised to ease the lot of farmers by all means except by getting off their back.
This phrase is present in The The New Indian Express article Anti-farmer policies of pro farmer politics and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The New Indian Express
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