Tom seems to have been late because of a tailback on the A19.
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Tailback
//ˈteɪlˌbæk//
Synonyms for "tailback" (28 found)
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10 translations across 10 languages.
Czech
1 entries- kolona noun (a traffic jam)
Danish
1 entries- bilkø noun (a traffic jam)
Dutch
1 entries- file noun (a traffic jam)
Finnish
1 entries- autojono noun (a traffic jam)
French
1 entries- embouteillage noun (a traffic jam)
German
1 entries- Stau noun (a traffic jam)
Italian
1 entries- colonna noun (a traffic jam)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- bilkø noun (a traffic jam)
Portuguese
1 entries- fila noun (a traffic jam)
Swedish
1 entries- bilkö noun (a traffic jam)
Sample sentences
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The bus got stuck in a five-mile-long tailback.
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There's a tailback further up. Let's take another route.
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The tailback stretched all the way from the motorway to the city centre.
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