back and edge

phrase
/bak ənd ɛd͡ʒ/

Definitions

  1. In a thorough manner, entirely, completely.

    • O'll stick to it back an edge. Abel Bywater (1854), The Sheffield Dialect
    • He stood me out it was so, back and edge. Francis Grose (1790), A Provincial Glossary, with MS notes
    • She stuck to him back and edge till at last he turned tail Rolf Boldrewood (1891), A Sydney-side Saxon

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