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back door

Speech parts

1. back door - Noun

2. back door - Adjective

3. back door - Verb

5. back door - Phrase

Meaning

A door in the back part of a building; hence, an indirect way.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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back-door

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Examples

I like autumn. The drama of it; the golden lion roaring through the back door of the year, shaking its mane of leaves. A dangerous time; of violent rages and deceptive calm, of fireworks in the pockets and conkers in the fist. Joanne Harris

Music has always been my back door to life. It is important for people to find something that excites them. I like the concept that if you do what excites you, you will be rewarded generously, whatever form reward takes, which is not necessarily money. Brandon Boyd

Maybe if I looked in my heart, I could find a back door. Brandon Boyd

The back door robbeth the house. Italian Proverb

The back door is the one that robs the home. Italian Proverb

Clean around your own back door before you clean around someone else's. American Proverb

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