Meanings
nounback post (plural back posts)
plural back posts
- far post
United responded with a Nani cross that Markus Steinhofer volleyed on to his own bar but then came the decisive blow, Frei ghosting in behind Smalling at the back post to head home Shaqiri's cross.
2011 December 7, David Ornstein, “FC Basel 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport
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APA
back post. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back%20post
MLA
“back post.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back%20post. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “back post,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back%20post.
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