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back up

verb

  1. tr to support or assist
  2. intr cricket (of a nonstriking batsman) to move down the wicket in readiness for a run as a ball is bowled
  3. (of water) to accumulate
  4. (of traffic) to become jammed behind an accident or other obstruction
  5. computing to make a copy of (a data file), esp for storage in another place as a security copy
  6. printing to print the second side of (a sheet)
  7. intr,usually foll byon to repeat an action immediately
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a support or reinforcement
    1. a reserve or substitute
    2. ( as modifier )

      backup troops

    1. musical accompaniment, esp for a pop singer
    2. ( as modifier )

      backup singer

  2. the overflow from a blocked drain or pipe
  3. computing a file or set of files copied for security purposes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

A prisoner from a cell above would send fishing line down to Jones, who would tie up the bag and send it back up.

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"But the engineers worked around the clock to help me get it back up and running."

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Under court order, some of these webpages have been put back up, even if with this defiant note:

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“I don’t really have any other words for it. But again, it’s a minor setback, and I’ll try to take this time to build back up and get into an even better position.”

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I went back up to my room to change and shower and then I had a security guard with me when we got back to the car to go to the venue.

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