"back to back" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} back to back (not comparable)
  1. Alternative form of back-to-back Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: back-to-back
    Sense id: en-back_to_back-en-adj-WZkmnN9W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 43 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 41 47

Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} back to back (not comparable)
  1. With one's back facing that of somebody else. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: dos a dos Translations (with back facing somebody else's back): seläkkäin (Finnish), selätysten (Finnish), dos à dos (French), schiena contro schiena (Italian), sırt sırta (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-back_to_back-en-adv-oWICa55z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 43 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 41 47 Disambiguation of "with back facing somebody else's back": 98 2
  2. Consecutively; one after the other. Tags: not-comparable Translations (consecutively): ôl yn ôl (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-back_to_back-en-adv-h-NxYpqR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 43 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 25 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 41 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 37 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 26 56 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 26 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 16 24 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 19 29 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 17 28 55 Disambiguation of 'consecutively': 11 89

Alternative forms

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      "word": "schiena contro schiena"
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