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Alternative form of back-to-back.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
With one's back facing that of somebody else.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Stand back to back so that we can see which of you is taller.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dos a dos
Antonyms: none provided
Consecutively; one after the other.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- We can't watch these films back to back! That's just way too much for one night.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
背對背 /背对背
(bèi duì bèi)
— with back facing somebody else's back
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Dutch:
rug aan rug
— with back facing somebody else's back
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Dutch:
rug tegen rug
— with back facing somebody else's back
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Finnish:
seläkkäin
— with back facing somebody else's back
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Finnish:
selätysten
— with back facing somebody else's back
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French:
dos à dos
— with back facing somebody else's back
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Italian:
dorso a dorso
— with back facing somebody else's back
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Italian:
schiena contro schiena
— with back facing somebody else's back
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Turkish:
sırt sırta
— with back facing somebody else's back
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Azerbaijani:
dalbadal
— consecutively
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Spanish:
a la hila
— consecutively
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Welsh:
ôl yn ôl
— consecutively