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back the field

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.18 in modern English

Syllables
back- the -field
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To bet against a particular horse or horses, that some one of all the other horses, collectively designated "the field", will win.

Inflected Forms

backs the field (present, singular) backing the field (participle, present) backed the field (participle, past) backed the field (past)

Questions

What does back the field mean?
To bet against a particular horse or horses, that some one of all the other horses, collectively designated "the field", will win.

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