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What (who) is back fire - definition


Back fire         
1922 SILENT FILM BY ALAN JAMES
·add. ·- A fire started ahead of a forest or prairie fire to burn only against the wind, so that when the two fires meet both must go out for lack of fuel.
Back-to-back house         
  • A typical yard of 14 back-to-back houses. Note the shared "privies" (outdoor toilets) and "wash houses"
  • Back-to-back houses in Bellshaw Street, Bradford, showing a covered entrance to the courtyard
  • With no rear yard, across-street washing lines are employed with a [[pulley]] operated from street level.
  • Back-to-back housing courtyard, 1883
  • The exterior of the Birmingham back-to-backs, with shops and courtyard entrance
  • The courtyard
  • Plans for houses in Nottingham, 1844
FORM OF TERRACED HOUSE
Back to backs; Back-to-back housing; Back-to-back houses; Back to back house; Back-to-backs
Back-to-backs are a form of terraced houses in the United Kingdom, built from the late 18th century through to the early 20th century in various guises. Many thousands of these dwellings were built during the Industrial Revolution for the rapidly increasing population of expanding factory towns.
Back-to-back film production         
FILMING TWO OR MORE MOVIES AS ONE PRODUCTION
Back to back film sequels; Back to Back Film Sequels; Back to back film production
Filming back-to-back is the practice of filming two or more movies as one production, reducing costs and time.

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Back Fire
Examples of use of back fire
1. But any move to end the death penalty could back fire politically for Karzai.
2. If Pakistan insists on bringing the issue to the table, then they should be ready for a back fire.
3. AID RETURNED About 120 people give back fire relief cash they claimed ‘illegally’ Some 120 people in the Peloponnese yesterday returned more than 350,000 euros they had claimed in emergency relief for those affected by wildfires last week, following the threat of immediate jail terms for anyone found to have obtained the 3,000–euro cash payments unlawfully.
4. About 840 people who were evacuated from homes earlier along the eastern edge of the fire were allowed to return late Monday, but most of those evacuated along the western edge were not yet being allowed to come back, fire officials said.