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behind the counter

behind the counter prepositional phrase: of drugs, dispensed by a pharmacist without needing a doctor's prescription or other form of compliance.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Of drugs, dispensed by a pharmacist without needing a doctor's prescription or other form of compliance.

Questions about behind the counter

What does behind the counter mean?
Behind the counter means of drugs, dispensed by a pharmacist without needing a doctor's prescription or other form of compliance.
What part of speech is behind the counter?
Behind the counter is a prepositional phrase.

Words near behind the counter in the dictionary

  1. behind posts
  2. behind someone's back
  3. behind the 8-ball
  4. behind the arc
  5. behind the bit
  6. behind the counter
  7. behind the curtain
  8. behind the curve
  9. behind the ear
  10. behind the eight ball
  11. behind the eight-ball

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