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What (who) is by (or through) the back door - definition
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Back door (disambiguation); The Back Door; Backdoor (disambiguation); Back Door; Backdoor; Backdoors
by (or through) the back door
backdoor
also back door
1.
You can use backdoor to describe an action or process if you disapprove of it because you think it has been done in a secret, indirect, or dishonest way.
He did the backdoor deals that allowed the government to get its budget through Parliament on time...
He brushed aside talk of greedy MPs voting themselves a backdoor pay rise.
= underhand
ADJ: ADJ n [disapproval]
2.
If you say that someone is doing something through or by the backdoor, you disapprove of them because they are doing it in a secret, indirect, or dishonest way.
Dentists claim the Government is privatising dentistry through the back door.
N-SING: the N, usu prep N [disapproval]
back door
¦ noun
1. the rear door of a building.
2. [as modifier] underhand; clandestine: a back-door tax increase.
Phrases
by (or through) the back door in a clandestine or underhand way.
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Back door
A back door is a door in the rear of a building. Back door may also refer to:
