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Meaning of around back | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B2

Definitions

Behind, or at the back of, a building.

informal, not-comparable

Examples

“On this particular morning, the boy went around back of his father’s shop […] and as he turned the corner, he saw M. Garouche crawling out from under the stall[…]”
“"Listen! I hear my wife callin' me." So he left the field an' snuk around back of brother Bear's house.”
““Lady, I am so hungry I could eat the grass right out of your front yard.” Then she told me to go around back, it was longer.”
“I come to my senses as I drive into the city limits. It is only a short skip to Bill's house. I pull around back and notice a light on in his bedroom.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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