if a plant dies back, the part above the ground dies but the roots stay alive
Do not cut into older, bare stems as they will often die back rather than produce new shoots.
The young stems of walnut are hollow and will often die back if pruned in winter.
We cut the ivy at the base of each tree so as to make it die back, after which it was fairly easy to tear it off.
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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