Definitions
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- adjective
flowing backwards
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- noun a flow that returns toward its source
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Examples
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How is $500 and some paint and plywood going to fix chronically stopped up drains and backflowing toilets?
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And hopefully just to do a temporary break in that water so they can start flowing and backflowing that water back into the lake.
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Discharge tubes will be extended through the walls, and valves and gates will be installed to stop water from backflowing through the pumps, as happened during Hurricane Katrina.
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