Phrase Hound found 34 phrases and 1 compound words that contain backwards. The most common are listed below. Open backwards in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 34
- backwards compatibilityAlternative form of backward compatibility: The capability of an electronic device, a piece of software, etc., to interoperate with older systems; (countable) an instance of this.
- backwards compatibleAlternative form of backward compatible: Capable of interoperating with older systems.
- bend over backwardsTo make a great effort; to take extraordinary care; to go to great lengths.
- backwards and forwardsThoroughly; completely, comprehensively.
- going backwardspresent participle and gerund of go backwards
- bending over backwardspresent participle and gerund of bend over backwards
- bent over backwardssimple past and past participle of bend over backwards
- leaned over backwardssimple past and past participle of lean over backwards
- look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwardsTo look extremely dishevelled.
- leaning over backwardspresent participle and gerund of lean over backwards
- forwards and backwardsAlternative form of backwards and forwards: Thoroughly; completely, comprehensively.
- know backwardsTo have very thorough knowledge of.
- job backwardsTo reassess one's original decisions (e.g. investments) with hindsight, determining how they might have been better chosen.
- go backwardsTo decline or deteriorate; to get worse.
- lean over backwardsSynonym of bend over backwards: To make a great effort; to take extraordinary care; to go to great lengths.
- backwards rollA movement in which one's body is rolled backwards, by crouching on the ground and lifting one's legs complete over one's head and lifting the head at the end.
- backwards rollsplural of backwards roll: A movement in which one's body is rolled backwards, by crouching on the ground and lifting one's legs complete over one's head and lifting the head at the end.
- fast backwardsthird-person singular simple present indicative of fast backward: To cause the playout of (a video, audio, or other digital media file) to move very fast backwards in time, so that when the device is played, it will start at an earlier …
- goes backwardsthird-person singular simple present indicative of go backwards: To decline or deteriorate; to get worse.
- gone backwardspast participle of go backwards: To decline or deteriorate; to get worse.
- jobs backwardsthird-person singular simple present indicative of job backwards: To reassess one's original decisions (e.g. investments) with hindsight, determining how they might have been better chosen.
- went backwardssimple past of go backwards
- backwards complimentAlternative form of backward compliment: A compliment which unintentionally comes across as an insult.
- backwards complimentsplural of backwards compliment: A compliment which unintentionally comes across as an insult.
- bends over backwardsthird-person singular simple present indicative of bend over backwards: To make a great effort; to take extraordinary care; to go to great lengths.
Compound words 1
- backwardsnessBackwardness; the state of being backwards.