verb
- Give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to.
- usage: "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up"
- synonyms: support
- Move backwards from a certain position.
- usage: "The bully had to back down"
- Establish as valid or genuine.
- usage: "Can you back up your claims"
- synonyms: back
- Make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy.
- usage: "You'd better back up these files"
- Become or cause to become obstructed.
- usage: "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
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