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back to back

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back to back

each immediately following the other They were the first team to win three championships back to back.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of back to back (with your back pressed against another person's back)

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back to back

1. With backs close together or touching, as in In the first and second rows of the bus, the seats were back to back, an unusual arrangement. This term also can be applied to persons who stand facing in opposite directions and with their backs touching. [Mid-1800s]

2. Consecutively, one after another, as in I'm exhausted; I had three meetings back to back. [Mid-1900s]

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back to back

Consecutively and without interruption: presented three speeches back to back.

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