back door

Example Sentences

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But if that was the case, then McLaren was the hopeless character who forgot to bolt the back door.

From The Wall Street Journal

Which is what she did one cold evening two years ago, slipping out the back door while I was on the phone.

From The Wall Street Journal

The tornado had scraped the back of her house, leaving a hole under her back door that she stuffed with a blanket.

From New York Times

“I got a hold of the back door and started trying to pull the door open. But the vacuum on the door was so tight,” he said.

From Seattle Times

Some MPs, including the Democratic Unionist Party's Sammy Wilson, also raised concerns Northern Ireland could become a "back door" for hunting imports as the law would not apply there.

From BBC