Meaning Backing and filling
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Backing and filling


Numerous small rises and falls in a market, usually speculative but showing no major overall change in price levels.
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Backing and filling


Originally a badly handled sailing ship whose sails were not catching the wind properly. Today, it is used for someone who constantly shifts his or her ground in a discussion or argument.
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Backing and filling


(1)Alternatively letting the sails draw, then spilling wind so as to keep a vessel more or less in one place until space is available, marking time. (2) A method of turning a power boat in little more [..]
Source: caribbean-pirates.com

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Backing and filling


A common expression - of maritime origin - for constantly changing ground in a decision or argument.
Source: gunplot.net

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Backing and filling


Alternatively letting the sails draw, then spilling wind so as to keep a vessel more or less in one place until space is available, marking time.
Source: marinewaypoints.com




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