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back (In arrears), adjective behind, behind time, deferred, delayed, detained, earlier, elapsed, expired, fore, forgotten, former, in abeyance, late, long-delayed, past, prior, tardy, unpunctual, unready Associated concepts: back pay, back taxes, back time doccrine, back wages back (In reverse), adjective backward, hindermost, hindmost, hindward, posterior, rearmost, rearward, retrospective, reversed, turned around Associated concepts: back lands See also: abet, adhere, advocate, assist, avouch, bear, bet, bolster, capitalize, cosign, countenance, delinquent, document, encourage, endorse, espouse, favor, finance, fund, guarantee, help, invest, justify, nurture, organize, overdue, parlay, promote, recommend, sponsor, subsidize, support, underwrite, vouch How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Airlines have come up with a variety of ways to board planes, ranging from the basic back-to-front protocol to the complicated reverse pyramid system. Individual numbers reveal specific styles such as the light-footed dance of singer and national hero Carlos Gardel or the back-to-front style of the 1940s. On top of this image of the pedestal, which in technical terms is called a "positive," is placed, back-to-front, an element of the same shape, but inverted: the "negative. |
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