get off my back

Meaning

1. Editorial100% of films

   Stop nagging, criticizing, or pressuring someone; leave them alone.

   What about you, fella?

In the movies · 6

• What about you, fella?Apocalypse Now1979
• You don't know that, motherfucker. Now get off my back, all right.Trading Places1983
• You understand? You've got to get off my back!Guess Who's Coming to Dinner1967
• Just get off my back.The Internship2013
• l mean, just get off my back, Father.Year One2009
• Just lay off him. Get off my back.Manchester by the Sea2016
• You know what else? Now get off my back.Poltergeist2015
• Get off my back, Leona!Beaches1988

Learn it in full scenes

• Beaches1988
  • CC Meets Hillary on the Boardwalk
  • CC Melts Down After Losing the Part
  • CC and Hillary Grow Up by Letter

More slang

• hit on
• i'll be damned
• on the rocks
• now you're talking
• screw him
• tough luck
• i couldn't care less
• bring it
• fat chance
• hands down
• get your ass over here
• jerk off