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back to front

adv

Definitions

  1. Turned so that the back is now at the front

    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.
    • (figuratively, by extension) Of a perspective, reversed or inverted.

  2. Reversed, with the back now at the front.

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

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA