"back to front" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} back to front
  1. Reversed, with the back now at the front. Related terms: inside out, upside down Translations (reversed): tərs (Azerbaijani), bagvendt (Danish), omvendt (Danish), öfugur (Icelandic), droim ar ais (Irish), bak fram (Norwegian Bokmål), bak fram (Norwegian Nynorsk), cùlaibh air a’ bheulaibh (Scottish Gaelic), al revés (Spanish), bak och fram (Swedish), bakvänt (Swedish), tu ôl ymlaen (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-back_to_front-en-adj-3qJhDdhF

Adverb

Head templates: {{head|en|adverb}} back to front
  1. Turned so that the back is now at the front. Synonyms: backwards, back to front, in reverse Hypernyms: contrarily
    Sense id: en-back_to_front-en-adv-tKapkF6w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70

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      "sense": "reversed",
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