back up
pronunciation
How to pronounce back up in British English:
UK [bæk ʌp]
How to pronounce back up in American English:
US [bæk ʌp]
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- Verb:
- give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
- move backwards from a certain position
- establish as valid or genuine
- make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security cop
- become or cause to become obstructed
Example
- 1. He cites several examples to back up his argument .
- 2. You should back up your data often .
- 3. You may stumble a little but get back up and keep moving .
- 4. His redness got my back up .
- 5. And there is some evidence they could use to back up this assertion . One country exempt from the rankings is america itself .
- 6. Back up and restore regularly .
- 7. Bear did nothing to back up the second fund .
- 8. Wise has plenty of evidence to back up his thesis .
- 9. Senior administration officials back up the president .
- 10. Wsj 's katie boehret provides a guide to new services from cellphone carriers that allow users to back up their contacts .