back to the wall
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"I'll be looking 'where's the fire escape', 'where's my nearest exit?' Like sitting with my back to the wall so I can see everything at all times."
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2024
If you’re very sensitive to light, you can even get drapery rods that curve back to the wall, says Calista Munnell-Kruus of Calista Interiors in Seattle.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
And then, lo and behold, a week later, he goes back to the wall and robs a Grand Slam.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
Now she had her back to the wall.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2023
The man got off the steps, pressed his back to the wall and started sliding against it to the cellar door.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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