back of
preposition
US, informal
: behind
… stood leaning against a parked car out back of the building …—
Peter Goldman et al.
Peter Goldman et al.They now sit … just two games back of the Yankees in the wild card race.—Steve Buckley
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Examples of back of in a Sentence
the equipment shed is a concrete structure back of the school
Recent Examples on the Web
Kathie panicked and ran to the back of the restaurant.
—Marisa Kwiatkowski, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
The law was named after Matthew Shepard, a gay student who was tortured and murdered in Wyoming in October 1998, and James Byrd Jr., a Black man killed in 1998 by white supremacists who abducted him, beat him and dragged him by a chain from the back of a pickup truck.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 13 May 2024
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Marisa Kwiatkowski, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
The law was named after Matthew Shepard, a gay student who was tortured and murdered in Wyoming in October 1998, and James Byrd Jr., a Black man killed in 1998 by white supremacists who abducted him, beat him and dragged him by a chain from the back of a pickup truck.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 13 May 2024
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“Back of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20of. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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