blow a backsight

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blow a backsight (third-person singular simple present blows a backsight, present participle blowing a backsight, simple past blew a backsight, past participle blown a backsight)

  1. (surveying) To occupy a point, then enter the wrong point for the backsight, or forget to enter the backsight.