Verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, into.
I like to back into parking spots.
(sports, idiomatic) To advance to the post-season as a result of another team's loss, especially where one's own team has also lost.
The 2006 St. Louis Cardinals backed into the playoffs.
(sports, idiomatic) To be forced into a situation by circumstances.
I didn't have any other options, I was backed into it.
The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike. Ralph Ellison
The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling back into the great subterranean pool of subconscious from which it rises. Sigmund Freud
I have been very fortunate to be successful in business, and I believe that it is right that people who have this type of wealth should give something back into society. Alisher Usmanov
Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box. Italian Proverb
Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them. Nigerian Proverb
The frog will jump back into the pool, although it sits on a golden stool. Dutch Proverb