in back
idiom
: in an area at the back of something
The clerk brought out the item from the storeroom in back
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Some of them have focused their efforts on specific groups of tax delinquents, including a group of 1,600 households with annual incomes above $1 million who were all known to owe at least $250,000 in back taxes, based on their previous tax returns.
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Julie Zauzmer Weil, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
Ohtani was directly in back of Herrera, and would have been hit in the face.
—Bruce Haring, Deadline, 27 June 2024
With the official opening of his swanky The Bear restaurant looming and news of a restaurant review coming out, everyone working in front of the house and in back of it, along with financial backer and family friend Jimmy (Oliver Platt), are on tenterhooks and at loggerheads.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 27 June 2024
Witnesses told police that Buggs rented the residence until mid to late March 19 and the documents state the agreement was terminated in April because more than $3,000 in back rent was owed.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 16 June 2024
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Julie Zauzmer Weil, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
Ohtani was directly in back of Herrera, and would have been hit in the face.
—Bruce Haring, Deadline, 27 June 2024
With the official opening of his swanky The Bear restaurant looming and news of a restaurant review coming out, everyone working in front of the house and in back of it, along with financial backer and family friend Jimmy (Oliver Platt), are on tenterhooks and at loggerheads.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 27 June 2024
Witnesses told police that Buggs rented the residence until mid to late March 19 and the documents state the agreement was terminated in April because more than $3,000 in back rent was owed.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 16 June 2024
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“In back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20back. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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