in back
idiom
: in an area at the back of something
The clerk brought out the item from the storeroom in back
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Signal early, naturally, merge cleanly and don’t tailgate, especially in back of someone towing 7,000 pounds up a grade.
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Josh Max, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
The announcement came some 90 minutes before The Wall Street Journal published a report, alleging Bondi informed Trump during a sit-down in back May that his name repeatedly appeared in the Epstein files.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 24 July 2025
During the 2024 fiscal year, more than $202 million in back wages was recovered for hundreds of thousands of workers across the country by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Police stings routinely discover worse in back rooms — illicit drug trafficking, money laundering and tax evasion run by sophisticated criminal networks.
—Edgar Domenech, Sun Sentinel, 18 June 2025
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Josh Max, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
The announcement came some 90 minutes before The Wall Street Journal published a report, alleging Bondi informed Trump during a sit-down in back May that his name repeatedly appeared in the Epstein files.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 24 July 2025
During the 2024 fiscal year, more than $202 million in back wages was recovered for hundreds of thousands of workers across the country by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Police stings routinely discover worse in back rooms — illicit drug trafficking, money laundering and tax evasion run by sophisticated criminal networks.
—Edgar Domenech, Sun Sentinel, 18 June 2025
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“In back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20back. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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