front to back

idiom

of a piece of clothing

: with the front where the back should be : backwards

He accidentally put the sweater on front to back.

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From back to front, from front to back, PSG looked so much slicker, so much more confident, so much more adventurous on the ball — everything done at pace and with purpose. —

Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025 Its roof slopes down quite steeply from front to back; its front wall also slopes. —

Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025 Partially bake cookies, then rotate: Place 2 baking sheets in preheated oven, and bake until tops are cracked but centers still seem soft, about 10 minutes, rotating baking sheets from top to bottom and front to back halfway through cook time. —

Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2024 It was designed from front to back using an advanced Large Computational Engineering Model. —

David Szondy, New Atlas, 22 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for front to back

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“Front to back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front%20to%20back. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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