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back door

noun

a door at the rear or side of a building
1. a means of entry to a job, position, etc, that is secret, underhand, or obtained through influence
2. ( as modifier )
  a backdoor way of making firms pay more

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To some this is considered a back door way of transforming the landmark Curriculum for Excellence without actually admitting it did not achieve what was intended.

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The deputy went to meet her at the back door.

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We had to sneak in because my mom worked there, and I worked there as a teenager as well, so I could come in through the back door.

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Police officers smash through the back doors of a bright, modern barber shop in the market town of Shrewsbury.

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Authorities allege Chaidez fired several rounds inside the gas station through a back door and hit a clerk.

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