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back·door  audio  (bkdôr, -dr) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
  1. Secret or surreptitious; clandestine: a backdoor romance.
  2. Sports Of or directed toward a player who has slipped behind the opposing defense: a backdoor pass.


OTHER FORMS:
backdoor(Adverb)


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