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back of

ADJECTIVE
after
Synonyms
STRONG
afterwards later subsequently
WEAK
back behind below ensuing hind hindmost in the rear next posterior postliminary rear subsequential succeeding thereafter
Antonyms
WEAK
before
ADJECTIVE
back
Synonyms
STRONGEST
backward
STRONG
behind final following hind posterior rear rearward tail
WEAK
aback abaft aft after astern hindmost in the wake of rearmost
Antonyms
STRONG
beginning first front preceding
WEAK
future
ADJECTIVE
hind
Synonyms
STRONG
behind final following posterior postern rear rearward tail
WEAK
aback abaft aft after astern backward hindmost in the wake of rearmost
Antonyms
STRONG
beginning first front preceding
ADVERB
behind
Synonyms
STRONG
trailing
WEAK
abaft after afterwards at the heels of at the rear of bringing up the rear eating the dust in the background in the wake later than next off the pace subsequently
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ahead before in front

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He hauls buckets of feed into the back of his ATV and unloads them in a pen crowded with cattle that outweigh him many times over.

From The Wall Street Journal

Scotland scored 14 points on the back of his first yellow - and led 24-10 at the break.

From BBC

They bounce north on the back of 12 straight victories and a blossoming strength in depth.

From BBC

It comes off the back of 24-year-old Bhatia's joint-third-placed finish at last week's Phoenix Open.

From Barron's

There is, after all, a reckoning for Maria’s situation we can’t help but keep in the back of our mind.

From Los Angeles Times

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