backroom
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈbækˌrum/
- Literature
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negociaciones a puerta cerrada
- Many important decisions are made in the backroom away from the public eye.
- backroom deals
- backroom meetings
- backroom discussions
After the conversation, we brought the people in the backroom to see Stefan, who was controlling.
- After the conversation, we brought the people in the backroom to see Stefan, who was controlling.
- And so, and there's a lot of backroom politicking going on, a lot of it.
- And they give it to Odysseus, Ajax and his brother and all his men suspect that there was some backroom dealing going on.
- There are a lot of backroom handshake deals that kind of take the free market out of the bid process.
- I think that they made a backroom deal where they're like, we'll promote Youtubers on your platform and we'll trend your tonight shows and, and a way to let cross cross promote.
- I was like Taylor, me a JDB and this group in the in the backroom.
- Like people who say they understand, I don't even believe because there's so much moving parts, there's so much backroom deals, you know, so much corruption.
- Like that's fucking the the the the backroom elitist lawyer dealing, which I know is not your the rooms you're in at all.
Examples
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And faster than you can say "Check, please," they cut a backroom deal with the help of the Democrats.
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I think that they made a backroom deal where they're like, we'll promote Youtubers on your platform and we'll trend your tonight shows and, and a way to let cross cross promote.
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This is about backroom deals.
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There are a lot of backroom handshake deals that kind of take the free market out of the bid process.
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The elites notice that reporters actually looked into their backroom deals, and so began the war on journalists.
Blog text (22) -
We may finally get to peek behind the curtain and discover the backroom machinations of the power elite.
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The success of Terry Fallis' comic novel about political backroom shenanigans, The Best Laid Plans, is a perfect case in point.
Academic text (2013) -
The governance of amateur sports at the national level has suffered somewhat from political bickering and "backroom" maneuvering in recent decades.
Academic text (1991) -
You criticize the duplicity of governments that do backroom deals and and don't engage with public opinion.
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Impeachment takes time, and impeaching a governor charged with making brazen backroom deals takes even more time in Illinois.
Blog text (19)
Synonyms
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3.4
A room at the back of a shop or office used for private meetings with a few people
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3.6
A room where a company's leaders meet to make important decisions
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5.1
A room where people meet to plan important actions during a crisis or campaign
How Secret
- Formal
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8.6
- Literature
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6.3
19
5.3
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2.2
- Texting
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3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Backroom also uses the same parts back ('away from the public') and room ('meeting space'). That's why a backroom can mean a private place where leaders make decisions or do secret deals.