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back-to-back definition

back·-to-back (bak′tə bak′)

adjective

  1. ☆ Informal one right after another; consecutive
  2. facing in opposite directions, with the backs touching

Etymology: from use in stud poker to describe a pair dealt consecutively, one face down and the next face up

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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