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Adverb
- Turned so that the back is now at the front; the wrong way around.
- I was in such a hurry that I put my underpants on back to front.
- (figuratively, by extension) Of an order or cause of events, misunderstood or misinterpreted.
- (figuratively, by extension) Of a perspective, reversed or inverted.
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turned so that the back is now at the front
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Adjective
- Reversed, with the back now at the front.
- The classic VW Beetle is a back to front car, with the engine at the rear.
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