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back-to-back
adjective [before noun] (CONTINUOUS) /ˌbæk.təˈbæk/Definition
› happening one after another, without interruption: Hamilton is celebrating back-to-back victories in the German and British Grands Prix. → See also back to backSimultaneous and consecutiveOrder and sequence
(Definition of back-to-back adjective (CONTINUOUS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- accompany verb (GO WITH)
- all the while idiom
- along the way idiom
- alternate adjective
- back noun (FURTHEST PART)
- co-exist verb
- in tandem idiom
- in the process idiom
- live adjective (AS IT HAPPENS)
- no sooner ... than idiom
- once adverb (ONE TIME)
- once conjunction
- over preposition (DURING)
- parallel adjective (SIMILAR)
- sync noun
- the minute (that) idiom
- through preposition, adverb (TIME)
- throughout preposition, adverb
- together adverb (AT THE SAME TIME)
- under preposition (EXPERIENCING)
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