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View definitions for backwards

backwards

adverb as in back; backward

adverb as in reverse to the usual way

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William Mulholland, the man who brought in Owens Valley water in 1913, told a committee that sought his candidacy: “Gentlemen, I would rather give birth to a porcupine backwards than be mayor of Los Angeles.”

To some it even feels as though things have gone backwards, with fears that the false blame narrative will take hold once more.

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Videos verified by BBC show him jolting backwards in his chair as students scatter in panic.

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One of his conclusions was that throwing the ball "laterally or backwards can increase throw-in success rates in comparison to throwing the ball forwards", and the "higher-ranked teams utilised this strategy more often".

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In the first 45 minutes they went backwards in their passing almost more often than they went forward.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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