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# {{countable}} or {{uncountable}} If you have '''backbone''', you do not [[back down]] easily. You [[stand up]] for yourself. <> mai jarunta da cijewa da iya tsayuwa. | # {{countable}} or {{uncountable}} If you have '''backbone''', you do not [[back down]] easily. You [[stand up]] for yourself. <> mai jarunta da cijewa da iya tsayuwa. | ||
#:''If you had any '''backbone''' you wouldn't let people tell you what to do all the time.'' | #:''If you had any '''backbone''' you wouldn't let people tell you what to do all the time.'' | ||
# {{countable}} The '''backbone''' of something is what holds it together or makes it strong. <> abun da ke ƙarfafa wani abu. | # {{countable}} The '''backbone''' of something is what holds it together or makes it strong. <> abun da ke ƙarfafa wani abu. [[ginshiƙi]]. | ||
#:''Customer service is the '''backbone''' of our [[business]].'' | #:''Customer service is the '''backbone''' of our [[business]].'' | ||
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Pronunciation
Noun
- (countable) The backbone is the bones in a person's or animal's back. <> ƙashin da ke bayan mutum ko dabba.
- Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs. <> daga tsakanin ƙashin baya da haqarqari. --Qur'an 86:7
- (countable) or (uncountable) If you have backbone, you do not back down easily. You stand up for yourself. <> mai jarunta da cijewa da iya tsayuwa.
- If you had any backbone you wouldn't let people tell you what to do all the time.
- (countable) The backbone of something is what holds it together or makes it strong. <> abun da ke ƙarfafa wani abu. ginshiƙi.
- Customer service is the backbone of our business.
Synonyms
- (bone) spine / spinal column, vertebrae / vertebral column
- (not back down) strength, will, courage, bravery
- (hold together) a strong foundation (tushe mai ƙarfi)