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The following 20 entries include the term back-to.
back-to-back
adjective or adverb: facing in opposite directions and often touching
back-to-back
noun: a house that is connected in a row with other houses on each side and with a similar row of houses behind it
back-to-work
adjective: urging or directing the return of strikers to their jobs
back to front
idiom: with the back where the front should be
bring back to life
idiom: to cause (someone or something that has died) to begin living again —often used figuratively
(can) trace one's history (back) to
idiom: to have existed since
carry (someone) back to
idiom: to make (someone) remember (something)
come back to bite one
idiom: to cause problems for one at a later time
come back to
idiom: to return to (a place)
come back to haunt
idiom: to cause problems for (someone) in the future
date back to
idiom: to have been made in or to have come into being in (a certain time in the past)
get back to
idiom: to return to (a place) after going away
get/go back to nature
idiom: to spend time living in a simple way without modern machines, electricity, etc.
get/go back to (the) basics
idiom: to return to a simpler way of doing something or thinking about something
go back to
idiom: to return to (a place)
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