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Meaning of 'backlash' Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:22 pm  Meaning of 'backlash'
 

Test No. incompl/advan-39 "State Secrets", question 2

Journalists however love to get hold of a story somehow but they run the risk of facing a ......... if they break the official secrects act.

(a) back whip
(b) backlash
(c) backstore
(d) back strike

Test No. incompl/advan-39 "State Secrets", answer 2

Journalists however love to get hold of a story somehow but they run the risk of facing a backlash if they break the official secrects act.

Correct answer: (b) backlash

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Journalists however love to get hold of a story somehow but they run the risk of facing a back strike if they break the official secrects act.
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Why we can not use back strike here, as what I understand, the sentence should tell that "the Journalists would have to face with laiding off the job", is that right?

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Meaning of 'backlash' Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:31 pm  Meaning of 'backlash'
 

Hi Kelly,

This word means repercussion, which is often a difficult reaction to what you have done. Lash is a whip and if you use a whip, there is a possibility that it will flip back and hit you.

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Meaning of 'backlash' Thu Aug 18, 2005 14:51 pm  Meaning of 'backlash'
 

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Back strike is not a meaningful English phrase, Kelly.
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Thank you Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:57 pm  Thank you
 

Thank you very much Alan and Mister Micawber. I understand now ^^
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What does secrects mean? Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:28 am  What does secrects mean?
 

kelly wrote:
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Why we can not use back strike here, as what I understand, the sentence should tell that "the Journalists would have to face with laiding off the job", is that right?
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Meaning of 'backlash' Mon Mar 19, 2007 15:51 pm  Meaning of 'backlash'
 

what does "back whip" mean? Is there any idiomatic meaning of this collocation?

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Meaning of 'backlash' Tue Mar 20, 2007 0:03 am  Meaning of 'backlash'
 

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'Back whip' sounds no more familiar to me than 'back strike', Lost Soul.
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