backdoor
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- noun
- /ˈbækˌdɔr/
:
puerta trasera
- After the party, they used the backdoor to exit without disturbing the neighbors.
- going out the backdoor
- backdoor to the house
- backdoor neighbor
Examples
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Okay, we're gonna sneak out the backdoor and go around the side and get the car.
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The backdoor opens, and Esther, Grace, and Enid come in, wet and laughing with exhilaration from the rain.
Fiction book (1990) -
And the backdoor never opened or I would have heard it.
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Thank God he came in through the backdoor.
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Ah, I was almost sure I saw someone come out of your house by the backdoor.
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So I would really appreciate it if you and your friend would stay in here or use the backdoor when he arrives.
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Fortunately, at that moment, someone knocked on the backdoor.
Fiction book (2001) -
He's gone out there, through the backdoor.
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A haze of light brings me to the backdoor entrance to my building.
Fiction book (1995) -
The backdoor was open.
Synonyms
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A door at the back of a building used as an extra entrance
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A door at the back of a building that people use to enter
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Etymology
Backdoor is simply made from back and door, so it originally meant a door 'at the back' of a building used as a quiet or secondary entrance. That's why a backdoor today still means the rear or extra door of a house or building.