To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.

(card games) A card game resembling chemin de fer with many forms - usually entailing the player(s) betting against two or three hands dealt - also bearing some similarities to blackjack.

Turned so that the back is now at the front.

Reversed, with the back now at the front.

(idiomatic, Britain, euphemistic) Of an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession without having been paid for; to have been acquired illegally.

Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.

One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past. / A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.

To put in a position that is not prominent. / (journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).

simple past tense and past participle of backgrind

A large log to burn at the back of a fire. / A reserve source or supply. / An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders, unconsumed products or unfinished work.