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back-to-back

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back-to-back (bkt-bk)
adj.
Consecutive; successive: back-to-back performances; back-to-back home runs.

back-to-back
adj (usually postpositive)
1. facing in opposite directions, often with the backs touching
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) Chiefly Brit (of urban houses) built so that their backs are joined or separated only by a narrow alley
3. Informal consecutive
4. (Business / Commerce) Commerce
a.  denoting a credit arrangement in which a finance house acts as an intermediary to conceal the identity of the seller from the buyer
b.  denoting a loan from one company to another in a different country using a finance house to provide the loan but not the funding
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a house or terrace built in back-to-back style
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.back-to-back - one after the other; "back-to-back home runs"
succeeding - coming after or following
Translations
back-to-back [ˈbæktəˈbæk]
A. ADJ back-to-back creditcréditos mpl contiguos
back-to-back houses (Brit) → casas fpl adosadas(por la parte trasera)
B. ADV to sit back-to-backsentarse or estar sentados espalda con espalda
they showed two episodes back-to-backecharon dos capĂ­tulos seguidos


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