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backs to the wall en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only) Alternative form of back to the wall.
    • Chelsea had set out like a team that was reluctant to blur the lines between adventure and leaving themselves open to the counterattack and, by the end, it was a full-on backs-to-the-walls operation. 2015 January 31, Daniel Taylor, “David Silva seizes point for Manchester City as Chelsea are checked”, in The Guardian (London):