A house with a party wall at the rear.

to retreat from a position / to move backwards / to withdraw from an undertaking / to pull something back or apart

Alternative spelling of backslapping

(linguistics) The form of speech used by adults in talking to very young children.

(idiomatic) To retaliate against; to take revenge on.

(simile, of an adult or older child) To bawl unabashedly and pitifully.

A withheld payment for work which has already been completed, or which could have been completed had the employee not been prevented from doing so.

(idiomatic) To be left with the responsibility of resolving a problem.

The passage between two terraced houses leading between the front and back gardens or yards. / (euphemistic) anus, rectum

(transitive) To hinder the development of something. / (intransitive) To revert to an earlier stage of development. / To retort. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, back.