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back door

NOUN
back entrance
Synonyms
STRONGEST
side door
WEAK
back entrance back stairs back way escape hatch indirect access means of entry postern postern door secret exit secretive or illicit method trap door trapdoor wormhole

Example Sentences

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Gil hustled to the back of the store, opened the back door to the encampment, and called out to the entire population.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

She said it was disappointing to see a number of hereditary peers returning to the Lords "by the back door".

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

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 • Feb. 16, 2026

He then tried to force entry via the front and back door but was unable to get back inside.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

Maybe the cabin had a back door that was unlocked.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret