the boys in the back room

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the boys in the back room and the backroom boys

Fig. any private group of men who make decisions, usually political decisions. (See also .) The boys in the back room picked the last presidential candidate. The backroom boys have decided too many things in the past. Their day is over.

See also: back, boy, room

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