front to back
idiom
of a piece of clothing
: with the front where the back should be : backwards
He accidentally put the sweater on front to back.
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The 82-year-old sat by the pool every morning to read the Los Angeles Times front to back, his daughter said, to listen to jazz on the radio and birds singing in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains.
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Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The polite way to deplane is front to back, waiting patiently as each row exits in order.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 July 2025
The iPhone 17 Air, or whatever Apple’s marketers decide to call it, looks like being a stylish phone, perhaps as thin as 5.5mm from front to back, not including the camera unit.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Deplaning etiquette is simple: The aircraft empties from front to back, and everyone waits their turn.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 July 2025
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Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The polite way to deplane is front to back, waiting patiently as each row exits in order.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 July 2025
The iPhone 17 Air, or whatever Apple’s marketers decide to call it, looks like being a stylish phone, perhaps as thin as 5.5mm from front to back, not including the camera unit.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Deplaning etiquette is simple: The aircraft empties from front to back, and everyone waits their turn.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for front to back
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“Front to back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front%20to%20back. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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