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back to back

adverb

  1. (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

  1. adjacent or contiguous but oppositely oriented; having the backs close together or adjoining:

    The seats in the day coach are back to back.

  2. Stud Poker. (of a pair) consisting of the hole card and the first upcard:

    He had aces back to back.

back-to-back

adjective

  1. facing in opposite directions, often with the backs touching
  2. (of urban houses) built so that their backs are joined or separated only by a narrow alley
  3. informal.
    consecutive
  4. commerce
    1. denoting a credit arrangement in which a finance house acts as an intermediary to conceal the identity of the seller from the buyer
    2. denoting a loan from one company to another in a different country using a finance house to provide the loan but not the funding
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a house or terrace built in back-to-back style
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of back to back1

First recorded in 1450–1500
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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.

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Three gunshots can be heard back to back.

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“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.”

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are the odds of these rare works showing up back to back?

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“That’s our only focus right now, to go back to back,” Roberts said.

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