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Madhulk Posted 18 years ago
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I recently watched Ghost whisperer and I heard the following dialog:
Melinda: You're doing this because you think you're protecting her?
Ghost: I always have. I'm her brother. I've got her six.
So what does the underlined part mean?
Melinda: You're doing this because you think you're protecting her?
Ghost: I always have. I'm her brother. I've got her six.
So what does the underlined part mean?
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Hi Madhulk, It's a pretty common idiom - if you had googled "got his six" or "got her six" you would have probably found the answer. It means you are protecting her, looking out for her from thing she can't see. Pilots use the clock to describe where things are.
- Hi Madhulk, It's a pretty common idiom - if you had googled "got his six" or "got her six" you would have probably found the answer.
- It means you are protecting her, looking out for her from thing she can't see.
- Pilots use the clock to describe where things are.
- 12 o'clock is directly in front of you, 6 o'clock is directly behind you.
- Something coming at you "from your six" is not visible to you.
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Hi Madhulk,
It's a pretty common idiom - if you had googled "got his six" or "got her six" you would have probably found the answer.
It means you are protecting her, looking out for her from thing she can't see.
Pilots use the clock to describe where things are. 12 o'clock is directly in front of you, 6 o'clock is directly behind you. Something coming at you "from your s
It's a pretty common idiom - if you had googled "got his six" or "got her six" you would have probably found the answer.
It means you are protecting her, looking out for her from thing she can't see.
Pilots use the clock to describe where things are. 12 o'clock is directly in front of you, 6 o'clock is directly behind you. Something coming at you "from your s
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Could it possibly have been "I've got her back"? That means to protect someone. (Literally, you are vulnerable to being "stabbed in the back.")
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Well, I just posted anonymously wondering if it was really "got her back" but you are more au courant than I, GG. I am happy to have learned a new expression and will have to use it as soon as possible, hopefully in a situation where I can mortify my teenaged children.
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Delmobilehopefully in a situation where I can mortify my teenaged children.Really, few
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