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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a back road" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a less traveled road, often in rural areas, typically used as an alternative route.
Example: "We decided to take a back road to avoid the heavy traffic on the highway."
Alternatives: "a side road" or "a country road."
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Dolores's story meets Austin's at night on a back road.
I took a back road toward Fremont Indian State Park.
Take a back road in the Gard, and you always run into a tractor.
When he started writing about leadership in the 1950s the subject was a back road.
He is sort of taking a back road to get to the top of his profession.
Bridger drove the little girl away via a back road and sped out of town.
But now there are signs that other countries are trying to turn a back road into an Autobahn.
If you live on a back road and you are the last one plowed, you see it differently".
Most night drives I headed to Lees Lane, a back road that wound through the fields of Dalton.
Garrett was driving and whenever we saw a back road that looked interesting we took it," says Salles.
"Being on a back road" — Bergen Avenue, north of Main Road (Route 25) — "is something of a disadvantage".
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