back to front
adj1
Reversed, with the back now at the front.
- The classic VW Beetle is a back to front car, with the engine at the rear.
- Related terms
- inside out, upside down
back to front
adv1
Turned so that the back is now at the front; the wrong way around.
- I was in such a hurry that I put my underpants on back to front.
- (figuratively, by extension) Of an order or cause of events, misunderstood or misinterpreted.
1 more example
- (figuratively, by extension) Of a perspective, reversed or inverted.
- Synonyms
- backwards, back to front, in reverse
- Antonyms
- rightways
- Derived terms
- know back to front
- Hypernyms
- contrarily