English Dictionary

back and fill

verb

(nautical) To manage the sails of a ship so that the wind strikes them alternately in front and behind, in order to keep the ship in the middle of a river or channel while the current or tide carries the vessel against the wind.

I had to back and fill to get my car out of the tight parking spot.

意味（1）

(nautical) To manage the sails of a ship so that the wind strikes them alternately in front and behind, in order to keep the ship in the middle of a river or channel while the current or tide carries the vessel against the wind.

意味（2）

(figuratively) To take opposite positions alternately; to assert and deny.