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back⋅door

[bak-dawr, -dohr]
–adjective
secret; furtive; illicit; indirect.
Also, back-door.


Origin:
1605–15; adj. use of back door
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back·door   (bāk'dôr', -dōr')   
adj.  
  1. Secret or surreptitious; clandestine: a backdoor romance.

  2. Sports Of or directed toward a player who has slipped behind the opposing defense: a backdoor pass.

back'door' adv.
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