dos a dos
adverb
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Pronunciation: /ˌdəʊsəˈdəʊ/ / /ˌdəʊsiˈdəʊ/
adv
Etymology: From French dos à dos (“back to back”), from dos (“back”) (from Latin dorsum (“back”)) and à (from Latin ad (“to”).
- Back to back.
“to sit dos a dos on a camel”
“to dance dos a dos, so that two dancers move forward and pass back to back”
noun
Etymology: From French dos à dos (“back to back”), from dos (“back”) (from Latin dorsum (“back”)) and à (from Latin ad (“to”).
- A move in square dancing in which two dancers face each other, then step forward and left until they have right shoulders adjacent, then move to a position where they are back to back, then move to have left shoulders adjacent, then return to facing each other.
- A sofa, open carriage, etc. constructed so that the occupants sit back to back.