towards the back
with the back foremost
in a reverse direction or towards the beginning
Why teach them to say the alphabet backwards?
perfectly; thoroughly
She knows the procedure backwards
towards the past
towards or into a worse state
backwards and forwards
from one place to another and back again repeatedly; to and fro
My mother has been ill so we have been running backwards and forwards to Glasgow for the past couple of months
bend/fall/lean over backwards
to make extreme efforts, esp in order to please or conciliate somebody
They bent over backwards to make us feel welcome