[ante up] {v.}, {informal} To produce the required amount of money […]

[ask for] {v.}, {informal} To make (something bad) likely to happen […]

[ask for one's hand] {v. phr.} To ask permission to marry […]

[ask for the moon] or [cry for the moon] {v. phr.} […]

[back away] {v.} To act to avoid or lessen one's involvement […]

[back down] or [back off] {v.}, {informal} To give up a […]

[back out] {v. phr.} 1. To move backwards out of a […]

[back the wrong horse] {v. phr.} To support a loser. * […]

[back up] {v.} 1. To move backwards. * /The train was […]

[backfire] {v.} To misfire; to have a reverse effect from what […]