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1. support, back upverb

   give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to

   "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up"

   Synonyms:
   digest, abide, congest, tolerate, choke, foul, support, plunk for, hold up, endure, choke off, back, stick out, back down, clog, fend for, patronise, clog up, keep going, put up, corroborate, endorse, stomach, defend, confirm, bear out, back off, affirm, subscribe, brook, indorse, suffer, stand, sustain, patronize, underpin, substantiate, hold, plump for, patronage, bear

2. back up, back off, back downverb

   move backwards from a certain position

   "The bully had to back down"

   Synonyms:
   back, choke off, foul, clog, back off, chicken out, bow out, support, back down, clog up, congest, pull out, choke

3. back, back upverb

   establish as valid or genuine

   "Can you back up your claims?"

   Synonyms:
   second, bet on, gage, foul, clog up, plump for, support, congest, back off, plunk for, game, choke off, back, indorse, stake, choke, clog, punt, endorse, back down

4. back upverb

   make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy

   "You'd better back up these files!"

   Synonyms:
   back, choke off, foul, clog, back off, support, back down, clog up, congest, choke

5. clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foulverb

   become or cause to become obstructed

   "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"

   Synonyms:
   contaminate, drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, buy the farm, give-up the ghost, clot, choke, foul, throttle, support, cash in one's chips, fret, befoul, kick the bucket, expire, choke off, back, pass away, perish, croak, clog, conk, asphyxiate, defile, clog up, snuff it, decease, maculate, back down, go, choke down, constipate, pass, exit, back off, die, pollute, suffocate, overload, congest, scrag, stifle, choke back

How to use back up in a sentence?

1. Kelvin Adee:

   We definitely hope that they pick The USDA back up again and have that information available. If The USDA's not, then The USDA's going to become a concern to us, where are we going to get that data that can be depended on ?

2. Peter Tuz:

   The thing that's surprising me the most today is the sudden turnaround or push back up in oil. Of course it's bringing a lot of the energy stocks that are pretty beaten down with it.

3. Virgil:

   The descent to hell is easy, the black gates stand open night and day, but to climb back up again to retrace ones steps to the upper air there in lies the laborious task, the toil.

4. Kevin Lawrence:

   When they get there, they then likely have to wait for back-up, they don’t have the resources they need to actually address whatever the situation is.

5. Democratic Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin:

   Most wars, you get this tit-for-tat that goes in this spiral, and then suddenly each side has its back up and you can't back down, and you inadvertently fall into war, i think we are at very high risk of doing right now. So, it's not just about intent. It's our actions mean something beyond our control.

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