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- provide support for someone or something:"his mother backed him up on everything" · "go up there and tell them—I'll back you up" · "more than 100 uniformed officers and detectives are working on the case, backed up by specialists from the National Crime Agency" · "U.S. troops were backed up by forces from European countries"
- confirm or corroborate a statement or theory:"Pedro's story is backed up by the accounts of three other young people who worked on the campaign" · "she has the data to back up her claim"
- computingmake a spare copy of data or a disk.
- (of vehicles) form a line due to congestion:"the traffic began to back up"
- cause vehicles to form a line due to congestion:"the traffic was backed up a mile in each direction" · "all lanes were closed, backing up traffic for miles on the key north–south artery"
- be experiencing a backlog of work or other things that need to be dealt with:"your car won't be ready today as we're really backed up"
- move or drive backward:"she backed up until she found herself against the wall" · "one of us backed up so the other could pass"
- explain the background of a situation or return to an earlier point in an account:"I know it's a complicated story, so let me back up a little"
- (of running water) accumulate behind an obstruction.
nounback-up (noun)- help or support:"no police backup could be expected"
- a person or thing that can be called on if necessary; a reserve:"I've got a security force as backup" · "a backup generator" · "the filter is an excellent backup to other systems"
- computingan extra copy of data from a computer:"make a backup of any important files" · "a backup copy"
- the procedure for making extra copies of data in case the original is lost or damaged:"automatic online backup" · "a backup system"
- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHan overflow caused by a stoppage, as in water or automobile traffic:"there are long backups on all routes"
Similar and Opposite Wordsdefinition- provide support for someone or something:
- confirm or corroborate a statement or theory:
noun- help or support:
- a person or thing that can be called on if necessary; a reserve:
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