Definition of 'back straight'

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back straight in British

noun

a straight part of a circuit, esp of an athletics track or a racecourse, furthest from the finishing point

Example sentences containing 'back straight'

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But to see us get a goal back straight away was brilliant. The Sun (2006)Keep your back straight and knees pointing over your feet. Times, Sunday Times (2012)They get sent back straight away. The Sun (2011)I can't get my back straight but the thug in the room keeps trying to force me upright. Times, Sunday Times (2013)Still, if he does get going down the back straight, he would prove a major threat. The Sun (2009)

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Used Rarely. back straight is in the lower 50% of commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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Definition of back straight from the Collins English Dictionary

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