BACK TO BACK Definition & Meaning

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back to back

(of two similar events) following one immediately after the other; in unbroken sequence; consecutively:
After losing all day, he picked winners back to back in the last two races.

adjacent or contiguous but oppositely oriented; having the backs close together or adjoining:
The seats in the day coach are back to back.
Stud Poker. (of a pair) consisting of the hole card and the first upcard:
He had aces back to back.

back-to-back

facing in opposite directions, often with the backs touching
(of urban houses) built so that their backs are joined or separated only by a narrow alley
informal.
consecutive
commerce
1. denoting a credit arrangement in which a finance house acts as an intermediary to conceal the identity of the seller from the buyer
2. denoting a loan from one company to another in a different country using a finance house to provide the loan but not the funding

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First recorded in 1450–1500

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What are the odds of these rare works showing up back to back?

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“That’s our only focus right now, to go back to back,” Roberts said.

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“Winning a championship is really hard. Winning back to back is even harder,” he said this spring.

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“It’s a lot to deal with back to back to back,” the r/PublicFreakout moderators wrote to me.

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Last year, the bid for back to back Grand Slams was scuppered by England in Twickenham.

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