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backstroke

noun
noun
BrE BrE//ˈbækstrəʊk//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈbækstroʊk//
(British English also backcrawl) [uncountable, singular] Swimming
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a style of swimming in which you lie on your back Can you do (the) backstroke? He won the 100 metres backstroke (= the race). Oxford Collocations DictionaryBackstroke is used before these nouns: event See full entry See related entries: Swimming
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