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  • 21Back door — A door in the back part of a building; hence, an indirect way. Atterbury. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 22back-blocks — backˈ blocks plural noun (Aust and NZ) 1. Remote, sparsely populated country 2. The back part of a station, far from water • • • Main Entry: ↑back …

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  • 23back|stairs — back stairs, 1. airs in the back part of a house, used especially for deliveries or by servants. 2. Figurative. a private, secret, or underhanded method or course. back|stairs «BAK STAYRZ», adjective. 1. secret and underhanded: »... backstairs… …

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  • 24back — back1 backless, adj. /bak/, n. 1. the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine. 2. the part of the body of animals corresponding to the human back. 3. the rear portion of any part of the body: the back of …

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  • 25back — I [[t]bæk[/t]] n. 1) anat. zool. the rear part of the human body, from the neck to the end of the spine 2) anat. the part of the body of animals corresponding to the human back 3) the rear portion of any part of the body: the back of the… …

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  • 26back*/*/*/ — [bæk] adv I 1) returning to a place or position Put those CDs back where you found them.[/ex] Can we go back to what we were talking about earlier?[/ex] 2) returning to an earlier state or condition We re hoping things will be back to normal… …

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  • 27back door — noun 1. a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position) (Freq. 1) he got his job through the back door • Syn: ↑backdoor • Hypernyms: ↑access 2. an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains …

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  • 28Back stairs — Backstairs Back stairs , Back stairs Back stairs (b[a^]k st[^a]rz ) n. Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the {front stairs}; a second staircase at the rear of a building; hence, a private or indirect way. [1913 Webster +… …

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  • 29back stairs — 1. stairs at the back of a house, as for use by servants. 2. a means of intrigue. [1620 30] * * * back stairs, 1. airs in the back part of a house, used especially for deliveries or by servants. 2. Figurative. a private, secret, or underhanded… …

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  • 30back to front — UK / US adverb British with the back part at the front Your skirt is on back to front …

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