No matter how hard I practiced, I wasn't able to do the backstroke.
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Backstroke
/ˈbækˌstɹoʊk/
Synonyms for "backstroke" (42 found)
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Noun(3 words)
Verb(1 words)
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8 entriesback crawlbackstroke drillbackstroke intervalbackstroke pacebackstroke racebackstroke startbackstroke techniquebackstroke turn
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"Waitress, what's this fly doing in my soup?" "Looks to me to be backstroke, sir!"
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I can do breaststroke but not backstroke.
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I can do the breaststroke but not the backstroke.
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