back up
back
bÃĻk
bāk
up
ƌp
ap
/bÃĻk ˈʌp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "back up"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to back up
[phrase form: back]
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āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to support someone or something
Transitive: to back up sb/sth
to back up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The coach consistently backs up his players, fostering team spirit.
āϕ⧋āϚ āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻĻāϞ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŽāύ⧋āĻŦāϞ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋

to move or drive something backward
Transitive
to back up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He backed up the truck to unload the cargo.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϞ āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āφāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāωāϟāĻžāϰ āĻĄāĻŋāϜāĻŋāϟāĻžāϞ āĻĄā§‡āϟāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻĒāĻŋ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make a copy of computer digital data
Transitive: to back up digital data
to back up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The IT team needs to back the entire database up regularly.
04

āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to confirm that something is true or valid
Transitive: to back up a claim or statement
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Let's back these claims up with concrete examples.
āĻāχ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϟ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
05

āϞāĻžāχāύ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āφāϟāϕ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to wait in a long line of cars, unable to move because the road is crowded
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Heavy rain led to streets flooding, and traffic started backing up in various areas.
āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϜāϞāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻžāύāĻŦāĻžāĻšāύ āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of a vehicle) to move backward
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Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the narrow alley, the delivery truck had to back up to find an alternative route.
āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧀āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ—āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇, āĻĄā§‡āϞāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻ•āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āϰ⧁āϟ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
07

āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to reverse or undo one's actions or decisions
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They chose to back up and remove the controversial statement from the press release.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϏ āϰāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϜ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧃āϤāĻŋ āϏāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
08

āĻĒ⧁āύāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to reconsider or rethink one's previous thoughts or decisions
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He had to back up and reconsider his opinion after the discussion.
āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤāĻžāĻŽāϤ āĻĒ⧁āύāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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