piggyback
to benefit from the hard work of some-one else
TRANSLATION
huckepack, sich stützen, zusätzlich aufladen, hinzufügen
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"After noticing the frequent calls to Germany, Nick canceled his calling card and switched his long-distance carrier. The person who had been PIGGYBACKING on his old card then managed to switch his new account back to the old carrier and make more calls."
(Risks Forum - March 2002)
(Risks Forum - March 2002)
Did you
know?
Did you know?
There are three meanings for this interesting idiom:
1. On the shoulders or back: ride piggyback; a piggyback ride : The boy was riding piggyback on his father`s shoulders.
2. By or relating to a method of transportation in which truck trailers are carried on trains, or cars on specially designed trucks.
3. In connection with something larger or more important: a tariff provision that came piggyback with the tax bill; a piggyback provision to a new piece of legislation.
NOTE :
- piggyback car = Huckepackwagen
- piggyback service = Huckepackverkehr
- piggyback trucking = Huckepacktransport
There are three meanings for this interesting idiom:
1. On the shoulders or back: ride piggyback; a piggyback ride : The boy was riding piggyback on his father`s shoulders.
2. By or relating to a method of transportation in which truck trailers are carried on trains, or cars on specially designed trucks.
3. In connection with something larger or more important: a tariff provision that came piggyback with the tax bill; a piggyback provision to a new piece of legislation.
NOTE :
- piggyback car = Huckepackwagen
- piggyback service = Huckepackverkehr
- piggyback trucking = Huckepacktransport
