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You can easily touch me, but not see me. You can throw me out, but not away.

You back

Why this works

This riddle plays on the double meanings of the phrases used. "You can easily touch me" refers to the fact that you can physically touch your back, but "not see me" highlights that it's difficult to see your own back without aid. The phrase "You can throw me out, but not away" suggests that you can "throw your back out," a common term for straining it, but you can't literally throw your back away as it is a part of your body. This clever wordplay makes the answer both surprising and relatable!

Common Wrong Answers

“Air”

While air can be touched and is invisible, you can technically 'throw' it away in the sense of blowing it out, but it doesn’t fit the context of the riddle as well as 'your back'.

“Shadow”

A shadow can be touched in a metaphorical sense when you interact with the ground it casts upon, but it is not something you can physically throw out, thus failing the second part of the riddle.

“Thought”

Thoughts can be considered intangible and can be 'thrown out' in a figurative sense, but they are not something you can physically touch, which makes this answer incorrect.

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