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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
informalconsecutive
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
Word History and Origins
Origin of back to back1
Idioms and Phrases
With backs close together or touching, as in In the first and second rows of the bus, the seats were back to back, an unusual arrangement . This term also can be applied to persons who stand facing in opposite directions and with their backs touching. [Mid-1800s]
Consecutively, one after another, as in I'm exhausted; I had three meetings back to back . [Mid-1900s]
Example Sentences
"I worked for this. I risked my life for this. It's my cheese - back to back."
The last time it happened, amid a rare slump late last season, Inouye-Perez made the mistake of not putting them back to back in the batting order.
Even then, Fernandez said, she realized they “may be the best one-two combo in terms of power numbers that have played this game in terms of being back to back.”
The court heard two victims were dared to take off their clothes, before being stood back to back naked and exposed to pornography.
In the eighth, it was the Diamondbacks turn to seemingly put the game out of reach, hitting back to back home runs off Alex Vesia for an 11-8 lead.
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