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backcast

[ bak-kast, -kahst ]

noun

  1. a short backward and often upward swing of a fishing rod, its line, and its lure in preparation for the cast that immediately follows.


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Origin of backcast1

1570–80, for an earlier sense; back 2 + cast
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Even though the ’70s were a wild and wooly time, and folks didn't always look so wonderfully in the silver backcast of four or five decades.

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Grynkewich said he was worried that Russian upgrades to Iran‘s drone technology could “backcast” to Tehran, making those bomb-carrying devices even more dangerous.

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In retrospect—as we reflect in sober backcast on the album's 40th anniversary—it is useful to recall that in 1980, no one believed that rock 'n' roll would be a middle-aged passion, that folks like John Lennon would still be plying their trades in their 40s and beyond.

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Indeed, the Bank of England is unusual in producing its own indicator called the GDP backcast, which combines the ONS figures with other factors.

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Just watch your backcast for other anglers.

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