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back onto

back onto verb: to reverse a vehicle onto something.

Verb

back onto (third-person singular simple present backs onto, present participle backing onto, simple past and past participle backed onto)

  1. (transitive) To reverse a vehicle onto something.
    • He backed the car onto my toe.
  2. (transitive) To reverse onto something.
    • The car backed onto my toe.
  3. (transitive) To overlook something from the rear.
    • My house backs onto the canal.

Forms of back onto

third-person singular presentbacks onto
present participlebacking onto
past participlebacked onto
pastbacked onto

Questions about back onto

What does back onto mean?
Back onto means to reverse a vehicle onto something.
What part of speech is back onto?
Back onto is a verb.
What is the past tense of back onto?
The past tense of back onto is backed onto.

Words near back onto in the dictionary

  1. back office
  2. back offices
  3. back on to
  4. back one out
  5. back oneself into a corner
  6. back onto
  7. back order
  8. back ordered
  9. back ordering
  10. back orders
  11. back out

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