backwards
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
backwards /ˈbakwədz/ (also backward)
▶adverb
- 1 in the direction of one's back.
- 2 back towards the starting point.
- 3 in reverse of the usual direction or order.
■ towards the past.
■ towards a worse state.
– phrases
backwards and forwards to and fro.
bend (or fall or lean) over backwards informal make every effort to be fair or helpful.
know something backwards be entirely familiar with something.
backwards and forwards to and fro.
bend (or fall or lean) over backwards informal make every effort to be fair or helpful.
know something backwards be entirely familiar with something.
'backwards' also found in these Oxford entries:
anachronism
- arabesque
- arrears
- ass-backwards
- back
- backdraught
- back-heel
- back-pedal
- back slang
- backspace
- backward
- batter
- breeching
- canon cancrizans
- couch
- count
- deflexed
- dieback
- fakie
- fore and aft
- jeté
- know
- limbo
- lordosis
- palindrome
- Parthian shot
- quiff
- recede
- reciprocate
- recoil
- recurve
- reflex
- regardant
- restive
- retortion
- retro-
- retroflex
- retrograde
- retroject
- retrorse
- retroverted
- reverse
- reverse gear
- ruse
- saw
- sawyer
- scrape
- squat thrust
- supinate
