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back stairs

NOUN
back door
Synonyms
STRONGEST
side door
WEAK
back entrance 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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When hearing his voice, some attempt to reach through the shrubbery while others make a run for the back stairs in hopes of seeing him.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2025

Instead, they were directed through the kitchen and up the back stairs.

From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2021

One day she “snuck down the back stairs into the testosterone zone,” she told The Democrat and Chronicle, and, only slightly intimidated, approached Mr. Felker, an editor there.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2020

Then I'd walk up the back stairs, give her a kiss and she'd take off. leaving me on the stage to start singing.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2018

He sprinted for the back stairs and was already kneeling at the Queen's feet, while Lancelot was raging round the Porter’s lodge, demanding the Queen.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White