Idioms

back-to-back-to-back

back-to-back-to-back

A phrase used to describe three things that happen in a row, one right after another. I have back-to-back-to-back doctor's appointments this afternoon—I can't possibly squeeze in a meeting too! The team was labeled a dynasty after winning back-to-back-to-back championships. Ugh, I still haven't been able to take a lunch break because of these stupid back-to-back-to-back phone calls!
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"Back-to-back-to-back years of a major hurricane could keep the pressure on for higher reinsurance rates, especially with some participants having given notice that they are pulling out of this business.
We strongly feel that Indak (can anyone think of a more delectable title, please?) is not the right project for a follow-up after Lustre's back-to-back-to-back acting victories.
We had back-to-back-to-back games (in the last five days) and we're happy to get two (wins) out of three in this span.
"It's going to be a massive amount of work with those three jobs going essentially back-to-back-to-back," said Zeller, a former MnDOT assistant concrete engineer.
On Tuesday, Real Madrid had announced that Lopetegui was to take over from back-to-back-to-back Champions League winner Zinedine Zidane following the conclusion of the World Cup.
Spring has become our busiest time of year, as there are multiple events back-to-back-to-back. It seems our Associate Editor Greg Hrinya or myself are on the road every week, at least one of us, sometimes both.
Referring to the three Olympic events to be held in East Asia, he said the back-to-back-to-back Olympics will facilitate cooperation among the three host countries -- South Korea, Japan and China.
With three back-to-back-to-back he has a good opportunity to find out more about his players.
The Cannes-winning director took note that Southeast Asian cinema has gained considerable ground among critics and viewers-proof are the country's back-to-back-to-back triumphs at Berlin, Cannes and Venice.
I took a break from horror; I made three ghost movies back-to-back-to-back. Now I get to go back and do "The Conjuring 2" rejuvenated.
Many people find themselves forced to watch episode after episode of cliches presented through the (now a trademark of Ramadan) mosalsalat (TV series) aired back-to-back-to-back on almost all local and satellite channels.
"The back-to-back-to-back penalties killed us,'' he said.
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