to piggyback
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5.0
- verb
- /ˈpɪɡiˌbæk/
- It's not only encrypted, but it's piggybacking on a public server.
- piggyback on existing trends
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Watch on YouTubeNow, this is kind of piggybacking on what we just talked about, right?
- Now, this is kind of piggybacking on what we just talked about, right?
- They can use that child's needs to piggyback onto financial needs.
- To write the update and piggyback off the momentum is something I've never seen.
- Let's let's piggyback off this, let's keep this going.
- But they want to piggyback onto the arts when it behooves them.
- The one hope, which is very bizarre is that you can kind of piggyback on the expansion of bronchial space.
- So, so you, you make a good point because to piggyback on that, you, you have to be aware of the quest for self perfection.
- So now the next thing, and it's kind of piggybacking off this previous point, is do you really love him or are you just attached?
- When I started on this, I spent three years on an American board to really be able to piggyback on, on what they were doing.
- Kind of kind of piggybacking off of what Natalie said, we see a lot of people posting, you know, sexy shots.
- What would you call this like tragedy piggybacking?
Examples
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We used to piggyback off each other's ideas.
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Air force is allowing us to piggyback on one of their humanitarian missions.
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We could piggyback on that operation.
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We simply piggyback our games on events already in motion.
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Of course, contributions of this sort are more likely to run if they "piggyback" on issues currently in the news.
Academic text (2005) -
Their empire is bigger now, but with time we can piggyback off their efforts to grow our own.
Blog text (19) -
In both cases, they are piggybacking on real work performed by others.
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The debate on exclusivity is about when a prospective new manufacturer can piggyback on the original clinical data.
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Why should Pandora make more money than the artists and labels it is piggybacking off of?
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We can piggyback on the existing marketing campaign to increase our reach.
Synonyms
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3.4
Use something you already have as a base for new work
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3.2
To attach something extra to what already exists
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3.4
Use something as a base for further work
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4.1
Add something extra that was not planned
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Etymology
Piggyback is also used in a figurative way from the image of someone riding on another's back: using that support to move or reach more. So to piggyback an idea or plan is to add it by using something already there.