BY / THROUGH THE BACK DOOR

Meaning of BY / THROUGH THE BACK DOOR in English

in an unfair or indirect way :

He used his friends to help him get into the civil service by the back door.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
BY — I. |bī also especially bef cons bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English be, bī, preposition, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACK — I. ˈbak noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bak, back, from Old English bæc; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOOR — ˈdō(ə)r, -ȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English dor, from Old English, door, gate & Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THROUGH — ( a. ) Going or extending through; going, extending, or serving from the beginning to the end; thorough; complete; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THROUGH — /throoh/ , prep. 1. in at one end, side, or surface and out at the other: to pass through a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOOR — — doorless , adj. /dawr, dohr/ , n. 1. a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BY — by 1 /buy/ , prep., adv., adj., n., pl. byes . prep. 1. near to or next to: a home …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BACK — back 1 — backless , adj. /bak/ , n. 1. the rear part of the human body, extending from the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BY — I. ˈbī, before consonants also bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English, preposition, be, bī; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THROUGH — prep by means of; by the agency of. 2. through ·adv from beginning to end; as, to read a letter …
Webster English vocab
BY — (·pref.) against. 2. by ·adv aside; as, to lay by; to put by. 3. by (·pref.) on; along; in traversing. …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
DOOR — barrier of wood, stone, metal, glass, paper, leaves, hides, or a combination of materials, installed to swing, fold, slide, or …
Britannica English vocabulary
THROUGH — / θruː; NAmE / preposition , adverb , adjective ■ preposition HELP NOTE : For the special uses of through …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOOR — / dɔː(r); NAmE / noun 1. a piece of wood, glass, etc. that is opened and closed so that people …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BY — / baɪ; NAmE / preposition , adverb ■ preposition 1. near sb/sth; at the side of sb/sth; beside sb/sth : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACK — / bæk; NAmE / noun , adjective , adverb , verb ■ noun PART OF BODY 1. the part of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROUGH — I. through 1 S1 W1 /θruː/ BrE AmE preposition , adverb 1 . DOOR/PASSAGE ETC into one side or end …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BY — I. by 1 S1 W1 /baɪ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: be , bi ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THROUGH — prep., adv., & adj. (also thro', US thru) --prep. 1 a from end to end or from side to side …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOOR — n. 1 a a hinged, sliding, or revolving barrier for closing and opening an entrance to a building, room, cupboard, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
THROUGH — prep., adv., & adj. (also thro', US thru) prep. 1 a from end to end or from side to side …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOOR — n. 1 a a hinged, sliding, or revolving barrier for closing and opening an entrance to a building, room, cupboard, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BY — prep., adv., & n. prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THROUGH — prep., adv., & adj. (also thro', US thru) --prep. 1. a from end to end or from side to side …
Oxford English vocab
DOOR — n.1 a a hinged, sliding, or revolving barrier for closing and opening an entrance to a building, room, cupboard, etc. …
Oxford English vocab
BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1. near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
BACK — I. ADVERB USES /bæk/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROUGH — The preposition is pronounced /θru:/. In other cases, 'through' is pronounced /θru:/. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOOR — ( doors) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A door is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BY — The preposition is pronounced /baɪ/. The adverb is pronounced /baɪ/. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROUGH — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THROUGH — (DIRECT) [adjective] [not gradable] - going directly from one place to anotherIf you travel on a through train, you stay …
Cambridge English vocab
DOOR — [noun] [C] - a flat, usually rectangular, object, often fixed at one edge, that is used to close the entrance …
Cambridge English vocab
DOOR — See: AT DEATH'S DOOR, AT ONE'S DOOR, CLOSED-DOOR, CLOSE ITS DOORS, CLOSE THE DOOR or BAR THE DOOR or SHUT …
Slang English vocab
BACK — See: BACK OF or IN BACK OF, BEHIND ONE'S BACK, BRUSH BACK, COME BACK, CUT BACK, DOUBLE BACK, DRAW BACK, …
Slang English vocab
THROUGH — adj. run through run through or over carry through come through flip through leaf through muddle through pull through riff …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
THROUGH — See ↑ ACROSS 1, ↑ BECAUSE 1, ↑ DURING 1, ↑ TIME 7, ↑ UNTIL 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be …
Longman Activator English vocab
BACK — See ↑ BACK 1,3,6, ↑ GAMBLING 1, ↑ REACT 2, ↑ RETURN 1, ↑ SUPPORT 3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a …
Longman Activator English vocab
BACK — INDEX: back/backwards 1. moving backwards 2. to move backwards 3. to make a vehicle go backwards the back of something …
Longman Activator English vocab
THROUGH — adj. 25B6; preposition we drove through the tunnel : INTO AND OUT OF, to the other/far side of, from one …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
THROUGH — prep. 1 because of, on account of, owing to, as a consequence or result of, by virtue of, via, be …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BACK — v. 1 invest in, wager or bet on She backed a 35-to-2 long shot in the Derby, and she won …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DOOR — See: AT DEATH'S DOOR, AT ONE'S DOOR, CLOSED-DOOR, CLOSE ITS DOORS, CLOSE THE DOOR or BAR THE DOOR or SHUT …
Словарь английских идиом
BACK — See: BACK OF or IN BACK OF, BEHIND ONE'S BACK, BRUSH BACK, COME BACK, CUT BACK, DOUBLE BACK, DRAW BACK, …
Словарь английских идиом
THROUGH — 1. предл. 1) указывает на пространственные отношения через, сквозь, по The burglar came through the window. ≈ Грабитель проник в …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOOR — сущ. 1) а) дверь; дверца; дверной проем to answer the door ≈ открыть дверь (на стук или звонок) to shut …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BY — 1. предл. 1) а) у, при, около a home by a lake ≈ дом рядом с озером Syn : near …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BACK — I сущ. чан; корыто; кадка (большая неглубокая емкость, особ. используемая пивоварами, красильщиками и изготовляющими маринады) Syn : tub 1., trough, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THROUGH — through.ogg 1. θru:\ a 1. прямой, беспересадочный, транзитный, сквозной; прямого сообщения through connections - прямое сообщение through train - прямой …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DOOR — door.ogg dɔ: n 1. 1> дверь front /street/ door - парадная дверь back door - чёрный ход sliding door - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BY — 1. baı a 1. лежащий в стороне 2. второстепенный, необязательный 2. baı adv 1. мимо he passed by without a …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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