back door
Example Sentences
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Her daughter was able to exit a school building, physically unharmed, through a back door, she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
As he fled, Franco’s daughter opened her bedroom door and caught a glimpse of a man in black clothing running out a back door.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
“I don’t think he will let the minutes be a back door to something he doesn’t want the market to look at.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
“We think of this as having a bouncer at the front door looking at what’s coming in, and then another bouncer at the back door being like, ‘Well, what’s going out?’”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
I heard the back door slam, and Mama came running; wanting to know what in the world was going on.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
