on the back of
Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
It will be sent unsolicited to all parents, so that there will be a great increase in the information available to them about the school.
Commercial banks found it advantageous to accumulate weaker countries ’ bonds to earn a few extra basis points, which caused interest rates to converge across the eurozone.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “on the back of” mean?
as a result of something's success Literally: supported by something behind
Is “on the back of” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.