back run

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noun

a period during which a particular process, as the flow of materials in manufacturing, is reversed.

Australian. a tract of dry land in the public domain used as an auxiliary pasture by owners of adjacent private property.

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Words nearby back run

back road, backronym, back room, back row, backrub, back run, backrush, Backs, back, sack, and crack, backsaw, backscatter

How to use back run in a sentence

It is hollow, and along its back run metal teeth, which are played with a small stick or brush.
Chatterbox, 1906|Various
A quarter-back run caught Steve Edwards napping and put the pigskin on the seven yards.
Left Guard Gilbert|Ralph Henry Barbour
Warden failed to gain and a quarter-back run netted but three yards.
Quarter-Back Bates|Ralph Henry Barbour
Her second, a quarter-back run, came to an inglorious end, Bacon being nailed well back of the line.
The Crimson Sweater|Ralph Henry Barbour

My head aches as if it would split, and all down my back run sharp pains.
My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave|Henry M. Stanley