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View definitions for backwards

backwards

adverb as in back; backward

adverb as in reverse to the usual way

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The 24-year old singer was performing at the All Things Go Festival when she appeared to drop her microphone and fall backwards.

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Although the traditional style had been attacked by some critics as inauthentic and backwards looking.

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He says "adios" to her several times before he grabs her, pushes her backwards and then knocks her to the ground.

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William Mulholland, the man who brought in Owens Valley water in 1913, told a committee that sought his candidacy: “Gentlemen, I would rather give birth to a porcupine backwards than be mayor of Los Angeles.”

To some it even feels as though things have gone backwards, with fears that the false blame narrative will take hold once more.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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