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back door

NOUN
back entrance
Synonyms
STRONGEST
side door
WEAK
back entrance back stairs back way escape hatch indirect access means of entry postern postern door secret exit secretive or illicit method trap door trapdoor wormhole

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Gil hustled to the back of the store, opened the back door to the encampment, and called out to the entire population.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Rudra Bahadur Kami returned to Nepal through a back door of Kathmandu airport in a battered coffin after working for more than a decade in Saudi Arabia to feed his family back home.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

"They tried to eat their way through the back door of my house and it had to be replaced," Earley said.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

She had woken from a nap to find her back door open and her son missing, according to a police report.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

Ignoring their pleas, Jeremy slipped out the back door.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

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