Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To move backward, as from the head to the tail: specifically, noting the rush of the flame of burning gas in a current of air backward against the flow of the Current.
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Examples
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Now, apart from this being dangerous to fast rear approching south-bound traffic, it was causing a long tail-back of traffic behind her.
Telegraph Blogs 2009
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