around back

English

Adverb

around back (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Behind, or at the back of, a building.
    • 1856, The Flag of Our Union 1856-02-23: Vol.11 No.8‎[1]:
      On this particular morning, the boy went around back of his father’s shop […] and as he turned the corner, he saw M. Garouche crawling out from under the stall […]
    • 1917, American Folklore Society, The Journal of American Folk-Lore‎[2]:
      "Listen! I hear my wife callin' me." So he left the field an' snuk around back of brother Bear's house.
    • 1923, Arthur LeRoy Kaser, Vaudeville Turns: Humorous Monologues and One-Act Sketches for Club, Lodge, Home, School, or Professional Production‎[3]:
      “Lady, I am so hungry I could eat the grass right out of your front yard.” Then she told me to go around back, it was longer.
    • 2001, Louis Lento, Dead Ringer‎[4]:
      I come to my senses as I drive into the city limits. It is only a short skip to Bill's house. I pull around back and notice a light on in his bedroom.
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