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• put against a wall —    to kill    The classic form of execution by shooting in a prison yard:     They will put anyone that answers back against a wall. (A. Clark, 1995, quoting Bormann s instructions to the Nazi Home Army in 1945) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

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• back — ► NOUN 1) the rear surface of the human body from the shoulders to the hips. 2) the corresponding upper surface of an animal s body. 3) the side or part of something away from the viewer. 4) the side or part of an object that is not normally seen …   English terms dictionary

• The bomber will always get through — was a phrase used by Stanley Baldwin in a speech to the British Parliament in 1932:cquote|I find myself at the close of a most interesting debate which has been well worth while I myself should not have regretted a second day in which there have… …   Wikipedia