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backed onto

backed onto is the simple past and past participle of back onto.

Meaning of back onto

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.

Questions about backed onto

What is backed onto the simple past and past participle of?
Backed onto is the simple past and past participle of back onto.

Words near backed onto in the dictionary

  1. backed into
  2. backed off
  3. backed on to
  4. backed one out
  5. backed oneself into a corner
  6. backed onto
  7. backed out
  8. backed the field
  9. backed the right horse
  10. backed the wrong horse
  11. backed up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backed onto (page history and authors); back onto (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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