on the back of

Meaning

As a result of; after; subsequent to.

(derogatory) By the effort of; by drawing an unfair advantage from.
The country was built on the back of slave labor.

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Synonyms

transversely astride piggyback astraddle athwart thwarter mullioned

Related terms

in back of on one's back on someone's back

Examples

He snorted and hit me in the solar plexus. I bent over and took hold of the room with both hands and spun it. When I had it nicely spinning I gave it a full swing and hit myself on the back of the head with the floor. Raymond Chandler

There's a smokestack on the back of every government program. Milton Friedman

Being kissed on the back of the knee is a moth at the windowscreen. Anne Sexton

The fly on the back of a water buffalo thinks that it's taller than the buffalo. Filipino Proverb

Ill comes often on the back of worse. English Proverb

Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back of an ass. Japanese Proverb

Words in the phrase

on the back of

Close letter words and terms

on the back on the back burner on the back foot on the ball on the bash on the basis of