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adverb | verb piggybackpiggyback1 /ˈpɪgiˌbæk/ adverb ► rode piggyback The space shuttle rode piggyback on a modified jumbo jet. on someone’s back or shoulders, or on top of something: The space shuttle rode piggyback on a modified jumbo jet. adverb | verb piggybackpiggyback2 verb [intransitive] VERB TABLEpiggyback |
Present | I, you, we, they | piggyback | | he, she, it | piggybacks | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | piggybacked | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have piggybacked | | he, she, it | has piggybacked | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had piggybacked | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will piggyback | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have piggybacked |
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Present | I | am piggybacking | | he, she, it | is piggybacking | | you, we, they | are piggybacking | Past | I, he, she, it | was piggybacking | | you, we, they | were piggybacking | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been piggybacking | | he, she, it | has been piggybacking | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been piggybacking | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be piggybacking | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been piggybacking |
informal to use something that someone else has done, developed, or made for your own advantage: piggyback on/onto These new firms are piggybacking onto technology that we developed. |