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back to back en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of back-to-back.
   alt of back-to-back

back to back en · ADV

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) With one's back facing that of somebody else.
   • Stand back to back so that we can see which of you is taller.
2. (idiomatic, not-comparable) Consecutively; one after the other.
   • The next two series entries, shot back to back, return to present day and continue to portray the puppets as good guys. 2001, Richard B. Armstrong, Mary Willems Armstrong, Encyclopedia of Film Themes, Settings and Series, page 163:

Synonyms

dos a dos

Translations (12)

fi selätysten (with back facing somebody else's back) · it dorso a dorso (with back facing somebody else's back) · cy ôl yn ôl (consecutively) · az dalbadal (consecutively) · cmn 背對背 /背对背 (with back facing somebody else's back) · fi seläkkäin (with back facing somebody else's back) · nl rug tegen rug (with back facing somebody else's back) · tr sırt sırta (with back facing somebody else's back) · it schiena contro schiena (with back facing somebody else's back) · nl rug aan rug (with back facing somebody else's back) · es a la hila (consecutively) · fr dos à dos (with back facing somebody else's back)