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back to front

back to front adverb: turned so that the back is now at the front; the wrong way around.

Adverb

back to front

  1. Turned so that the back is now at the front; the wrong way around.
    • I was in such a hurry that I put my underpants on back to front.
    • (figuratively, by extension) Of an order or cause of events, misunderstood or misinterpreted.

Adjective

back to front

  1. Reversed, with the back now at the front.
    • The classic VW Beetle is a back to front car, with the engine at the rear.

Synonyms of back to front

Antonyms

Words formed from back to front

Questions about back to front

What does back to front mean?
Back to front means turned so that the back is now at the front; the wrong way around.
What part of speech is back to front?
Back to front can be an adverb or an adjective.

Words near back to front in the dictionary

  1. back to back jack
  2. back to back jacks
  3. back to back ticket
  4. back to back tickets
  5. back to basics
  6. back to front
  7. back to nature
  8. back to square one
  9. back to the drawing board
  10. Back to the Future Day
  11. back to the old drawing board

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