backroom

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adjective

back·room ˈbak-ˈrüm

-ˈru̇m

variants or back-room

: made or operating in an inconspicuous way : behind-the-scenes

backroom deals

a backroom politician

back room

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noun

: a room situated in the rear

: the meeting place of a directing group that exercises its authority in an inconspicuous and indirect way

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Adjective

Pascal Planque, Mike Stowell and new first team coach Adam Sadler complete the new-look Foxes backroom staff for the upcoming season. —

SI.com, 1 July 2018 After five months of backroom horse-trading and all-night arm twisting, Angela Merkel faces one last obstacle to achieving a stable government in her fourth term as German chancellor. —

Griff Witte, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2018

Noun

For 2024, Stirewalt won’t be huddled in a back room. —

Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024 Wanda explains that Gavin started referring to the hunting lodge as haunted because of a mysterious fire that destroyed the porch and a few back rooms in 1987. —

Sara Netzley, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for backroom