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back door

noun

a door at the rear or side of a building
1. a means of entry to a job, position, etc, that is secret, underhand, or obtained through influence
2. ( as modifier )
  a backdoor way of making firms pay more

Walker makes it to his back door and gingerly steps into the inky night.

He opened the back door of the Humvee, where Mace was trying ease himself out.

But when he returned home, he would always enter through the back door.

Since 2008, when Cyprus joined the euro zone, Russian big shots have been using the country as a back door into Europe.

Witnesses said they saw a man drop a bag near the back door of the bus and flee moments before the explosion.

Ned reached home about breakfast time, and "fetched up" at the back door, with a decidedly guilty countenance.

He saw that the back door of the armored truck was opening and another guard was getting out.

When Mrs. Foley and the baby arrived home there stood upon the platform at the back door of the house a most amazing figure.

The Czar returned the visit with the same precautions, and was admitted into Kensington House by a back door.

So when the servants of the house heard the cry in the orchard, they rushed in by the back door, to see what was the matter.

April 20, 2024flabbergast

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