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backwards

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adverb

towards the rear
with the back foremost
in the reverse of usual order or direction
to or towards the past
into a worse state
the patient was slipping backwards
towards the point of origin
bend over backwards or lean over backwards or fall over backwards informal.
to make a special effort, esp in order to please
know backwards informal.
to understand completely

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Would Liverpool tread water or even go backwards for a season or two while his successor settled into the job?

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"It got to the point where I couldn't pull the cue forwards and backwards, which was quite scary."

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I forgive myself for looking backwards and doing Police stuff because I’m confident in my forward motion.

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That lack of transparency demonstrates that the Trump administration believes its "running some sort of strongman, authoritarian, backwards country" and that it doesn't have to be accountable to Congress, he said.

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"It is probably working backwards from the Ashes," he says.

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