Yanni got two back-to-back life sentences for the murders.
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Back-to-back
//ˌbæk.təˈbæk//
Synonyms for "back-to-back" (2 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Related words (1)
Adjective(1 words)
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16 translations across 9 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- rug-aan-rug adj (with one's back facing somebody else's back)
Finnish
3 entries- peräkkäinen adj (sequential or consecutive)
- perättäinen adj (sequential or consecutive)
- seläkkäinen adj (with one's back facing somebody else's back)
French
1 entries- dos à dos adj (with one's back facing somebody else's back)
Italian
2 entries- consecutivo adj (sequential or consecutive)
- dorso a dorso adj (with one's back facing somebody else's back)
Navajo
1 entries- ghąąjįʼ adj (with one's back facing somebody else's back)
Russian
3 entries- друг за другом adj (sequential or consecutive)
- оди́н за одним adj (sequential or consecutive)
- поочерёдно adj (sequential or consecutive)
Spanish
2 entries- consecutivo adj (sequential or consecutive)
- espaldera adj ((house) having a party wall at the rear)
Turkish
1 entries- arka arkaya adj (sequential or consecutive)
Ukrainian
2 entries- послідо́вний adj (sequential or consecutive)
- спина́ в спи́ну adj (with one's back facing somebody else's back)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Nguyen Hai Anh, Secretary General of the Vietnam Red Cross, said the back-to-back disasters in central Vietnam have affected the lives of more than 7 million people, including just over 1 million people directly impacted by Typhoon Molave.
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I had a hectic workday with back-to-back meetings and deadlines.
Source: tatoeba (12120611)
Our team has lost two games back-to-back.
Source: tatoeba (12964647)
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