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"were back to back" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used in a sentence to describe two people or things standing or positioned with their backs touching each other. Example: The two soldiers were back to back, ready to defend themselves from any attacks.
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Back to back.
If things happen back to back, they are directly one after another.
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"We were back to back on the benches," she said.
What was it like to win two championships? A. It was great because they were back to back.
There were some wild whiffs, too, and at one point, the two boxers were back to back, punching like crazy in the absolute wrong direction.
In my passionate doting I cut cartoons out of magazines and pasted them in large scrapbooks, agonizing over which to choose when two were back to back — my first brush with editorial judgment.
For that reason, it's quite plausible that if these Tests were back to back and the third was beginning this week, then Pietersen would not be playing.
It's over?" These hospitalizations were back to back.
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Once more on Tuesday night, we were back to back-against-the-wall time.
"It's back to back to back".
It's been back to back.
It was back to back with Singapore.
And they're back to back in the show.
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