from behind

Related

pursuit · sneaking · ambush · overtake · stalk · shadow · tail · posterior · backward · rearward · unseen · surprise · stealth · creeping · lurking · approaching · blind spot · unaware

Opposites
direction of approach

from behindhead-on

Directly facing forward

face-to-face · frontally · from the side · laterally · from below

visibility/awareness

from behindin plain sight

Completely visible, unhidden

openly · in full view · visibly · face-to-face · head-on

position in competition

from behindfrom the top

Repeat everything entirely

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