Timeline for What is the origin of the term "back to back", meaning to follow one after the other?
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| Oct 19, 2015 at 22:24 | answer | added | user143460 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 21, 2011 at 8:07 | history | edited | Hugo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 21, 2011 at 8:06 | answer | added | Hugo | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jul 14, 2011 at 3:11 | comment | added | Brendon | Perhaps it did originate from fighting back to back. Fighting back to back infers closeness, at least in the camaraderie sense. Also, you would have to be closely following (paying attention to) your fighting partner to remain back to back for any length of time during a fight. A bit of a stretch maybe. | |
| Jul 14, 2011 at 2:29 | answer | added | user10798 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 14, 2011 at 1:52 | comment | added | MrHen | Hunch: The idea of two people fighting back to back. Interesting question, though. | |
| Jul 14, 2011 at 0:45 | history | asked | David | CC BY-SA 3.0 |