back to back

See also: back-to-back

English

Adjective

back to back (not comparable)

Alternative form of back-to-back

Adverb

back to back (not comparable)

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.
Consecutively; one after the other.
We can't watch these films back to back! That's just way too much for one night.
(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)
French: dos à dos (fr)
Italian: schiena contro schiena
Turkish: sırt sırta (tr)

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