How to pronounce “back and fill”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (nautical) To manage a sailing 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.
• (nautical) To zigzag, or make a pivot turn by alternately putting the engine in reverse and forward, while turning the wheel or tiller.
• (figurative) To take opposite positions alternately; to flip-flop

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