back-to-back

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌbæk.təˈbæk/

Adjective

back-to-back (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) sequential or consecutive.

   Ruth and Gehrig hit back-to-back home runs.

   They sat through two back-to-back movies.

   • 2011 February 12, Les Roopanarine, “Birmingham 1 - 0 Stoke”, BBC:

     An injury-time goal from Nikola Zigic against an obdurate Stoke side gave Birmingham back-to back Premier League wins for the first time in 14 months.

2. With one's back facing that of somebody else.
3. (of a house) Having a party wall at the rear

   We lived in a row of back-to-back houses.

Translations

sequential or consecutive

• Finnish: peräkkäinen (fi), perättäinen (fi)

• Norwegian: back-to-back (no)

with one's back facing somebody else's back

• Finnish: seläkkäinen (fi)

• Navajo: ghąąjįʼ‎

having a party wall at the rear

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• French: dos à dos (fr)
• Romanian: spate în spate (ro)
• Turkish: sırt sırta (tr)

Adverb

back-to-back

1. With one's back facing that of somebody else.

   Stand back-to-back so that we can see which of you is taller.

Translations

with back facing somebody else's back

• Finnish: seläkkäin (fi), selätysten (fi)