back and edge
phrase/bak ənd ɛd͡ʒ/
1
In a thorough manner, entirely, completely.
- O'll stick to it back an edge. Abel Bywater (1854), The Sheffield Dialect
- He stood me out it was so, back and edge. Francis Grose (1790), A Provincial Glossary, with MS notes
2 more examples
- She stuck to him back and edge till at last he turned tail Rolf Boldrewood (1891), A Sydney-side Saxon
- BACK AND EDGE [bak ən ɛd͡ʒ] - adamantly, e.g. "Argue back and edge". Jeremy G. Storr (1977), Survey of the Dialect of Selston in the Erewash Valley, page 122.