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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

After a December 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif., the Federal Bureau of Investigation tried to compel Apple to build a universal back door into the iPhone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 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

"I keep the back door locked at all times," she said, adding she keeps the key out of the way of her children because she's "petrified" they'll leave the door open.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

I slowed, hoping he would stop us before we reached my back door.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu