back road
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of back road
An Americanism dating back to 1780–90
Example Sentences
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I installed seat belts so I can put my 2-½-year-old daughter’s car seat in back for slow back road drives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
In the end, on 11 December, I drove with a colleague along a back road to Nuseirat.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2024
We follow McCormick as he travels down back road after back road in rural Mississippi, knocking on doors, talking in barbershops, hanging out in pool rooms, hitting dead ends, turning his car around.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
Doan, a special education teacher at the school, was less enthusiastic, wishing she had a few more days off as she took the back road from their home near Paso Robles.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2023
It’s dark and we’re on a back road now, with no streetlights at all, but I borrowed Katie’s phone so I can see.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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