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backing onto

backing onto is the present participle and gerund 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 backing onto

What is backing onto the present participle and gerund of?
Backing onto is the present participle and gerund of back onto.

Words near backing onto in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backing 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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