Piggyback was first used in the 16th century as an adverb, meaning "up on the back and shoulders" (as in "the child was carried piggyback"). It comes from a phrase of unknown origin, a pick pack.
PIGGYBACK definition: 1. a ride on someone's back with your arms round the person's neck and your legs round their waist…. Learn more.
Definition of piggyback noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
In connection with something larger or more important: a tariff provision that came piggyback with the tax bill; a piggyback provision to a new piece of legislation.
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If you piggyback on something that someone else has thought of or done, you use it to your advantage. I was just piggybacking on Stokes's idea. [VERB + on] They are piggybacking onto developed technology. [V + onto]
piggyback, adv., n., & adj. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
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