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back to back
adverb
- (of two similar events) following one immediately after the other; in unbroken sequence; consecutively:
After losing all day, he picked winners back to back in the last two races.
adjective
- adjacent or contiguous but oppositely oriented; having the backs close together or adjoining:
The seats in the day coach are back to back.
- Stud Poker. (of a pair) consisting of the hole card and the first upcard:
He had aces back to back.
back-to-back
adjective
- facing in opposite directions, often with the backs touching
- (of urban houses) built so that their backs are joined or separated only by a narrow alley
- informal.consecutive
- commerce
- denoting a credit arrangement in which a finance house acts as an intermediary to conceal the identity of the seller from the buyer
- denoting a loan from one company to another in a different country using a finance house to provide the loan but not the funding
noun
- a house or terrace built in back-to-back style
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of back to back1
Example Sentences
So I went to two Democratic-run events back to back—one in New Jersey and another in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
They’ll be performing their sets back to back on one night only with an array of special guests, surprise moments and plenty of other hilarious interruptions that will make for a roughly four-hour show.
Three gunshots can be heard back to back.
“And I was happy to see him play back to back. It’s been a long journey for him, but he worked his tail off.”
What are the odds of these rare works showing up back to back?
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