back door
Example Sentences
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Rudra Bahadur Kami returned to Nepal through a back door of Kathmandu airport in a battered coffin after working for more than a decade in Saudi Arabia to feed his family back home.
From Barron's
I could already hear the brook calling to me through the back door screen.
From Literature
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Nicole came out the back door of the house as he was stretching the last cord.
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Maybe the cabin had a back door that was unlocked.
From Literature
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"Don't be ridiculous. Is your dad home? Did he come in the back door, and I didn't notice? Myron? Are you home? Do you have Sam?"
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.