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BACK-TO-BACK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does back-to-back mean?
• BACK-TO-BACK (adjective)
The adjective BACK-TO-BACK has 1 sense:
1. one after the other
Familiarity information: BACK-TO-BACK used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One after the other
Synonyms:
back-to-back; consecutive
Context example:
back-to-back home runs
Similar:
succeeding (coming after or following)
Context examples
Forms sheets of cells with back-to-back gland-like lumens.
(Cribriform Mammary Carcinoma of Mouse, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
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