back-to-back
45
3.7
- adjective
- /ˈbæk tə ˈbæk/
:
consecutivo
- I have meetings back-to-back today, which means I won't have any breaks in between.
- back-to-back classes
She was on fire in the music area, had five back-to-back hit singles.
- She was on fire in the music area, had five back-to-back hit singles.
- And once again, the Kansas City Chiefs are the Super Bowl champion, back-to-back champions in the thriller.
- So I, I signed up for two back-to-back.
Examples
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I have meetings back to back today.
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After lunch, I went back to the health classroom for back-to-back classes of sixth grade health.
Academic text (2015) -
Those two songs back-to-back are so amazing.
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Some workers explain that they simply have no time to eat between two back-to-back jobs.
Academic text (2005) -
There were two events back to back, and she rocked both of them.
Blog text (3) -
But I got back-to-back meetings all morning.
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Back-to-back meetings with important people.
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The two discovery papers appeared back-to-back in the 25 June 1973 issue of Physical Review Letters.
Academic text (2004) -
Three time back-to-back MVP three years in a row.
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She was on fire in the music area, had five back-to-back hit singles.
Synonyms
302
3.7
Happening one after another in a series
154
4.0
Happening one after another without a break
37
4.3
Coming one after another without a break
17
4.9
Happening in a set order one part after another
17
2.0
With no pause between actions or events
9
4.1
Happening one after another without a break
9
4.5
Things happen one after the other in a fixed order
Antonyms
How Consecutive
Surface Forms
Etymology
The phrase back-to-back comes from the image of two people standing with their backs touching, so there is no space between them. That's why back-to-back now describes things that happen 'one after another' with 'no break'.