piggyback
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishldoce_259_bpiggybackpig‧gy‧back1 /ˈpɪɡibæk/ (also piggyback ride) noun [countable]
CARRYif you give someone, especially a child, a piggyback, you carry them high on your shoulders, supporting them with your hands under their legs —piggyback adverbExamples from the Corpuspiggyback• More than 70 percent of the females at the lake reach the water with a male already riding piggyback.• I had been dreaming of Cymbeline riding piggyback on my shoulders.piggybackpiggyback2 verb [intransitive] informal1 USE/CONSUMEto use something that is bigger, better, or more successful in order to help another product or project succeedpiggyback on/ontovideos that piggyback onto the success of proven TV programs 2 to use someone else’s wi-fi connection to the Internet, without their knowledge or permissionpiggyback on/ontoHow can I prevent other people from piggybacking onto my connection? —piggybacking noun [uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuspiggyback on/onto• Others piggyback on existing brands by borrowing parts of their names.• I had been dreaming of Cymbeline riding piggyback on my shoulders.• These new firms are piggybacking onto technology that we developed.From Longman Business Dictionarypiggybackpig‧gy‧back /ˈpɪgibæk/ verb1[intransitive, transitive] to use a situation that already exists in order to do or get what you wantpiggyback on/ontoSome pharmaceutical companies piggyback on existing brands by borrowing parts of their names.It wants to piggyback its order onto another city’s contract to keep costs down.2[transitive]TRANSPORT to move goods from one place to another, using containers that can be carried both by train and by road→ See Verb table
CARRYif you give someone, especially a child, a piggyback, you carry them high on your shoulders, supporting them with your hands under their legs —piggyback adverbExamples from the Corpuspiggyback• More than 70 percent of the females at the lake reach the water with a male already riding piggyback.• I had been dreaming of Cymbeline riding piggyback on my shoulders.piggybackpiggyback2 verb [intransitive] informal1 USE/CONSUMEto use something that is bigger, better, or more successful in order to help another product or project succeedpiggyback on/ontovideos that piggyback onto the success of proven TV programs 2 to use someone else’s wi-fi connection to the Internet, without their knowledge or permissionpiggyback on/ontoHow can I prevent other people from piggybacking onto my connection? —piggybacking noun [uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuspiggyback on/onto• Others piggyback on existing brands by borrowing parts of their names.• I had been dreaming of Cymbeline riding piggyback on my shoulders.• These new firms are piggybacking onto technology that we developed.From Longman Business Dictionarypiggybackpig‧gy‧back /ˈpɪgibæk/ verb1[intransitive, transitive] to use a situation that already exists in order to do or get what you wantpiggyback on/ontoSome pharmaceutical companies piggyback on existing brands by borrowing parts of their names.It wants to piggyback its order onto another city’s contract to keep costs down.2[transitive]TRANSPORT to move goods from one place to another, using containers that can be carried both by train and by road→ See Verb table