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Meanings of taken the back in English

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Usage of taken the back in English
1
He must have used the second floor and taken the back stairs down.
Watch them die
2
Zane had given me the passenger seat and had taken the back without asking.
Gentlemen prefer succubi
3
Now that he had mounted and taken the back-track, the cause must be different.
The Lone Ranche
4
By examining the trail it seemed that they had taken the back-track in search of their homes.
David Crockett: His Life and Adventures
5
At least I'd taken the back stair and at least the house was still abed, so no one noticed me.
Karen Memory
6
The deer had run the limit of his first impulse and taken the back track, returning directly over the same trail.
The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
7
Curtis stated that his oxen had taken the back track, and that he had followed them by the trail through the snow.
History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra
8
He'd been talking to a waiter he knew in the kitchen of the Chikuyotei, and he'd taken the back door into an alley.
Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad
9
He would have come out from his beautiful home into the lovely surroundings of the countryside and taken the back road to the golf club.
The Irish Times
10
4th.-Ouranimals had taken the back track, although a great number were hobbled; and we were consequently delayed until noon.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and Cali...
11
"I have never yet taken the back way," he enunciated; and, with a gesture matching the words, he turned to me and bowed.
The Greater Inclination
12
"If he has kept this up very long, he must be far beyond my reach, unless he has turned about and taken the back trail."
The Lost Trail
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