back-to-back shift
nounUK /ˌbæk tə ˈbæk ʃɪft/
US /ˌbæk tə ˈbæk ʃɪft/
A back-to-back shift is when you work one shift right after another without a long break.
The nurse worked a back-to-back shift, finishing at 8 a.m. and starting again at noon.
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2. Two scheduled work periods that follow each other with little or no rest time between them.
She picked up a back-to-back shift to cover for a sick colleague.
3. A work pattern in which an employee covers the end of one shift and the start of the next.
The factory uses back-to-back shifts to keep machines running all day.
4. Any sequence of two consecutive duties or events with no gap in between.
His back-to-back shift of meetings left him exhausted by evening.