piggyback
adverb/ˈpɪɡiˌbæk/
Frequency rank: #16,611 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
carried on someone's back or shoulders; to ride or attach onto something else.
Example sentence
She offered to carry her tired son piggyback all the way home.
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