back to back

See also: back-to-back

English

Adjective

back to back (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of back-to-back

Adverb

back to back (not comparable)

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

   Synonym: dos a dos

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

2. Consecutively; one after the other.

   We can't watch these films back to back! That's just way too much for one night.

3. (poker slang) Synonym of wired (“being a pair in seven card stud with one face up and one face down”)

Translations

with back facing somebody else's back

• Finnish: seläkkäin, selätysten (fi)
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• French: dos à dos (fr)
• Turkish: sırt sırta (tr)