- Gloss
- "Back off / Retreat"
- Definition
- To retreat, move backward, or step away from a situation.
- Example
- "Make we back-we from di trouble."
- Origin
- Patois grammar.
Back-we is a Jamaican Patois (Patwa) expression. For a full sentence, run it through the Jamaican Patois translator, or return to the lexicon index.