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outback

[ noun out-bak; adjective adverb out-bak ]

noun

  1. (sometimes initial capital letter) Usually the outback. the back country or remote settlements; the bush.


adjective

  1. of, relating to, or located in the back country:

    outback settlements.

adverb

  1. in or to the back country:

    They moved outback many years ago.

outback

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noun

    1. the remote bush country of Australia
    2. ( as modifier )

      outback life

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Origin of outback1

First recorded in 1875–80; out + back 2
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What makes it great: Even after I saw Red Rock Canyon, I didn’t fully understand how easily outback Nevada can pass for outback Utah.

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The dystopian action films, created by George Miller, are set in the barren Australian outback, exploring the breakdown of society after an apocalypse.

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“I know he pinched you, and even knocked you down, but… It’s like the laws of the outback took over that lunchroom or something. What you did was wrong.â€

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The study, published in the journal Nature, compared 16 societies scattered across the world, in places like the Yukon and the Australian outback.

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An extremely rare blind, hairy mole has been spotted and photographed in the Australian outback.

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