Sentence examples for behind our back from inspiring English sources

"behind our back" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to mean that something has been done or said when other people in the group were unaware. For example, "Susie felt betrayed when she realised her friends had been talking behind her back."

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"Now we will have to operate with both hands behind our back".

"This is the worst possible time to be tying our hands behind our back," he said.

I always say we are fighting the devil with one hand tied behind our back.

He's sending us into war with one arm tied behind our back".

It's as if we had both hands tied behind our back".

We've had to fight with one hand tied behind our back".

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Now it is behind our backs".

Behind our backs the golden woods.

"They tied our hands behind our backs.

Others are also laughing behind our backs".

"The whole world was laughing at us behind our backs".

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