THE SHIRT OFF ONE'S BACK

Meaning of THE SHIRT OFF ONE'S BACK in English

informal

one's last remaining possessions.

→ shirred

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHIRT — I. ˈshər]t, ˈshə̄], ˈshəi], usu ]d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English shirte, sherte, from Old English scyrte; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACK — I. ˈbak noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bak, back, from Old English bæc; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHIRT — (v. t. & i.) To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt.
Английский словарь Webster
SHIRT — ( v. t. & i. ) To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHIRT — — shirtless , adj. /sherrt/ , n. 1. a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFF — /awf, of/ , adv. 1. so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BACK — back 1 — backless , adj. /bak/ , n. 1. the rear part of the human body, extending from the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OFF — I. ˈȯf adverb Etymology: Middle English of, from Old English — more at of Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHIRT — noun Etymology: Middle English shirte, from Old English scyrte; akin to Old Norse skyrta shirt, Old English scort short Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
OFF — adv denoting opposition or negation. 2. off ·interj away; begone; a command to depart. 3. off ·adv in a …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
SHIRT — [shirt] n [ME shirte, fr. OE scyrte; akin to ON skyrta shirt, OE scort short] (bef. 12c) 1: a garment …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHIRT — any of a variety of cloth garments having sleeves and worn on the upper part of the body, often under …
Britannica English vocabulary
SHIRT — / ʃɜːt; NAmE ʃɜːrt/ noun a piece of clothing (usually for men), worn on the upper part of the body, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — / ɒf; NAmE ɔːf; ɑːf/ adverb , preposition , adjective , noun , verb ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACK — / bæk; NAmE / noun , adjective , adverb , verb ■ noun PART OF BODY 1. the part of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHIRT — shirt S2 W3 /ʃɜːt $ ʃɜːrt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: scyrte ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFF — I. off 1 S1 W1 /ɒf $ ɒːf/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . away from a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHIRT — n. 1 a man's upper-body garment of cotton etc., having a collar, sleeves, and esp. buttons down the front, and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHIRT — n. 1 a man's upper-body garment of cotton etc., having a collar, sleeves, and esp. buttons down the front, and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHIRT — n.1 a man's upper-body garment of cotton etc., having a collar, sleeves, and esp. buttons down the front, and often …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1. away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
BACK — I. ADVERB USES /bæk/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHIRT — ( shirts) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A shirt is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — The preposition is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/. The adverb is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/ Frequency: The word is one of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHIRT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a clean shirt/sheet/towel etc ▪ Where are all my clean socks? a cotton shirt/dress/jacket etc …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHIRT — [noun] [C] - a piece of clothing worn esp. by men on the upper part of the body, made of …
Cambridge English vocab
SHIRT — Synonyms and related words : O, basque, blouse, bodice, body shirt, body suit, coat shirt, corsage, dickey, doublet, dress shirt, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHIRT — See: GIVE THE SHIRT OFF ONE'S BACK, KEEP ONE'S SHIRT ON, LOSE ONE'S SHIRT.
Slang English vocab
BACK — See: BACK OF or IN BACK OF, BEHIND ONE'S BACK, BRUSH BACK, COME BACK, CUT BACK, DOUBLE BACK, DRAW BACK, …
Slang English vocab
OFF — adj. sup off sup off or up back off blow off bring off buck off bug off bump off burn …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SHIRT — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ clean ▪ crisp , fresh ▪ He wears a crisp white ~ to the office every day. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BACK — See ↑ BACK 1,3,6, ↑ GAMBLING 1, ↑ REACT 2, ↑ RETURN 1, ↑ SUPPORT 3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a …
Longman Activator English vocab
BACK — INDEX: back/backwards 1. moving backwards 2. to move backwards 3. to make a vehicle go backwards the back of something …
Longman Activator English vocab
BACK — v. 1 invest in, wager or bet on She backed a 35-to-2 long shot in the Derby, and she won …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SHIRT — See: GIVE THE SHIRT OFF ONE'S BACK, KEEP ONE'S SHIRT ON, LOSE ONE'S SHIRT.
Словарь английских идиом
BACK — See: BACK OF or IN BACK OF, BEHIND ONE'S BACK, BRUSH BACK, COME BACK, CUT BACK, DOUBLE BACK, DRAW BACK, …
Словарь английских идиом
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
SHIRT — сущ. 1) рубашка; блуза; сорочка to have not a shirt to one's back ≈ жить в крайней нищете to get …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OFF — 1. нареч. 1) указывает на отдаление, удаление от чего-л. He had to be off. ≈ Ему нужно было уйти. to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BACK — I сущ. чан; корыто; кадка (большая неглубокая емкость, особ. используемая пивоварами, красильщиками и изготовляющими маринады) Syn : tub 1., trough, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHIRT — shirt.ogg 1. ʃɜ:t n 1. 1> рубашка, сорочка a boiled shirt - разг. крахмальная сорочка dress shirt - белая рубашка …
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