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Meanings of backwards in English

Portuguese
às avessas

At or to or toward the back or rear.

      às avessas
      Russian
      сзади
      Portuguese
      costa
      Catalan
      endarrere
      Spanish
      detrás

      Direction faced by the back of an item.

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          сзади
          Usage of backwards in English
          1
          You begin with the end result and work backwards to the causes.
          The Flanders Panel
          2
          I can't believe we have gone backwards in this way, said Bond.
          The Guardian
          3
          The only forward movement on this case has come from going backwards.
          Frozen Heat
          4
          Start with the end goal and work your way backwards from there.
          The South African
          5
          I decided to work backwards, to search for light among the shadows.
          The eye of the leopard
          6
          But nearly three years on, the project has gone backwards, Muller said.
          Radio NZ
          7
          Jagr released a blast of frigid power, knocking the charging animals backwards.
          Darkness unleashed
          8
          It's also a good idea to walk backwards while facing the lion.
          The South African
          9
          Afghanistan is not lost, but for several years it has moved backwards.
          Wired
          10
          Crosby said councils were going backwards faster than they were going forward.
          Radio NZ
          11
          Riding backwards is the cause of half the baldness in the world.
          Watch Yourself Go By
          12
          It came because people were pushed backwards into extreme poverty, he said.
          Reuters
          13
          Although change is slow, I believe that we will not go backwards.
          The Guardian
          14
          The investment community is bending over backwards to reverse engineer an answer.
          Reuters
          15
          Despite this, other EU countries cannot bend over backwards to accommodate Cameron.
          Reuters
          16
          The green and red lights of the launches glided backwards and forwards.
          At the Villa Rose
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          Translations for backwards
          Backwards through the time
          Backwards across language varieties
          Australia
          Common
          South Africa
          Common
          United Kingdom
          Common
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