back to front

Example Sentences

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Dame Karen said the move away from a mandatory element was welcome but said consultation should have been done straight away rather than "back to front" and started following the relaunch.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

"In fact, we were also able to confirm that previous impressions were probably viewed upside down and back to front."

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

“I think most of the greens here slope from back to front and there was a lot of back flags,” Detry said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2024

This linguistic marvel uses only letters or syllables swapped from back to front.

From Scientific American • Oct. 12, 2023

It is a different book, back to front, and you can learn new things from it.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver