back-to-back
1 of 2adjective or adverb
1
: facing in opposite directions and often touching
2
: coming one after the other : consecutive
plural back-to-backs
1
British
: a house that is connected in a row with other houses on each side and with a similar row of houses behind it
These were where the millworkers dwelt, the worst of them known as back-to-backs because that is how they were built, without intervening space.—
Geoffrey Moorhouse
Geoffrey Moorhouse2
sports
: a sequence of two games scheduled to be played on consecutive days
Miami began to beat elite teams and was bloodlessly efficient in the second half of back-to-backs, winning 11 in a row over a three-month stretch, a sign of a team with toughness.—Jack McCallum
Jack McCallumExamples of back-to-back in a Sentence
Adjective or adverb
the three movies in the series were filmed back-to-back so that the cast members wouldn't age visibly on screen
the new governor was soon facing several back-to-back crises
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2025
Most likely, the back-to-back Starship failures will also cement the path forward for Artemis II and Artemis III to fly as planned, with crews flying on the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft.
—Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2025
Cathedral Catholic, the titans of the hardcourt, have so far been the queens of the beach with back-to-back Open Division championships.
—Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
For the rest of the visual the pair croon back-to-back and lounge side-by-side in the giant spider web in a futuristic landscape filled with piles of glitchy monitors and colorful flashing lights.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2025
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Adjective or adverb
In a photo dump from her back-to-back performances at the O2, Caprenter shared a photo of Bunton holding her handcuffs.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2025
Most likely, the back-to-back Starship failures will also cement the path forward for Artemis II and Artemis III to fly as planned, with crews flying on the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft.
—Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2025
Cathedral Catholic, the titans of the hardcourt, have so far been the queens of the beach with back-to-back Open Division championships.
—Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
For the rest of the visual the pair croon back-to-back and lounge side-by-side in the giant spider web in a futuristic landscape filled with piles of glitchy monitors and colorful flashing lights.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Back-to-back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back-to-back. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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