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backdoor

2 definitions • 3 examples
1
relating to something that is done secretly or in a way that is not direct or honest:

Examples:

The change was immediately dismissed as a backdoor tax increase.
2
attacking the side of a goal or target that is not being guarded or protected by an opponent:

Examples:

The next basket came on a perfectly executed backdoor cut (= a run made by a player who does not have the ball that takes them to the side of the target that is not protected by the defence).
This was Argentina at its best; full of back-door plays and finding the open route to the basket.

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