prep
Meaning 1
In the past time of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- back in the time of the dinosaurs
- back in the ’60s
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
back in
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verb
Meaning 2
To reverse a vehicle into a space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 3
To bet that a player or team will win, as opposed to bet that they will lose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: gambling, games
Examples
- 1921, Henry Luttrell, Crockford’s: Or Life in the West, Sketch No. III Whatever you throw is your chance. I called five for the main, which is the out chance, and threw seven to it, which is the in chance. If I throw five first, I lose, and if seven I win. You can back me in by betting the odds, or you can back me out, by taking the odds, the bank answers either way.
Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
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