keep off (one's) back
keep off (one's) back
To refrain from bothering, scolding, or criticizing one (about something). I wish you would keep off my back. I'm not going to the interview, and that's final! Her parents kept off her back while she figured out what to do with her life after college.
See also: back, keep, off
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
keep off (of) someone's back
and keep off (of) someone's caseInf. Fig. to leave someone alone; to stop criticizing or scolding someone. Keep off of my back! Leave me alone. Keep off my case!
See also: back, keep, off
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- keep off back
- keep off (of) (one's) case
- get off (one's) case
- Get off case!
- get off somebody's case
- get off someone’s case
- back off
- back off, to
- hold one's tongue, to
- get hell