Collocations withback
These are words often used in combination withback.
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arched back
A gentle kind of bucking with an arched back.
From theCambridge English Corpus
back beyond
The head is tilted slightly back, so that the eyes are turned upward toward the back beyond of space.
From theCambridge English Corpus
back brace
One miner, who had broken his back several months before, went down the stricken pit, with a back brace on, to rescue his fellow workers.
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Wikipedia
back burner
Counter-productive masters were put on the back burner (front burner did not become fashionable until the 1970s).
From theCambridge English Corpus
back cover
The copy of the book sent to this reviewer had an erroneous description of it on the back cover.
From theCambridge English Corpus
back entrance
They found a note stuck on the front entrance which informed them that the door was not working and to use the back entrance.
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Wikipedia
back injury
A back injury in middle life ended his skiing, but he retained his love of mountains.
From theCambridge English Corpus
back pain
Predicting who develops low back pain in primary care : a prospective study.
From theCambridge English Corpus
back pocket
The individual is not likely, especially nowadays, to have a large number of pound notes in his back pocket.
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Hansard archive
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back porch
She told me that she sat on her back porch the day before with this butterfly as it died.
From theCambridge English Corpus
back stair
When institutions are at their most powerful, they often work in difficult conditions—usually up a back stair somewhere.
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Hansard archive
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back tees
It measures more than 7000 yards from the back tees.
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Wikipedia
back wall
The lizard took it to the back wall of the cage, where it beakwiped several times, thereafter dropping the larva which survived the attack.
From theCambridge English Corpus
far back
British television started as far back as 1936.
From theCambridge English Corpus
low back
Although pain in the low back or neck affects most people at some time during their lives, it is seldom a sign of serious illness.
From theCambridge English Corpus
scaling back
There is no scaling back on the figures announced.
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Hansard archive
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slicked back
He was a small man with slicked back hair, thick glasses and a sharp nose.
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Wikipedia
straight back
Referring now to figure 3, this flow model corresponds to a solution in which the rear stagnation streamline proceeds horizontally straight back from the trailing edge.
From theCambridge English Corpus
turning back
Turning back to single-agreement verbs, we can now suggest a solution to the typological puzzle they present.
From theCambridge English Corpus
upper back
Table 2 shows the frequency of occurrence for each of the five patterns of upper back hair for the three groups.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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