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Definition: TO BACK UP |
TO BACK UP1. To support; to sustain; as, to back up one's friends. |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Ok, now I'm gonna have to back up over you with my whoopass mobile. (Good Morning, Miami; writing credit: James Grissom; David Kohan) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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![]() | Let sleeping dogs lie unless the car starts to back up. Apparently there was no leash law at Puntarenas as dogs seemed to roam about the town at will. Credit: Small World. | ![]() | I am telling you--On June 28th I expect you to enlist in the army of war savers to back up my army of fighters / James Montgomery Flagg. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Azerbaijan | The project, subject to approval from relevant governmental authorities, will create a fiber optic backbone to back up existing microwave telecommunications for the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli and Shah Deniz (SD) development and for two major onshore oil and gas pipelines. (references) |
Political Economy | Senegal | Policies and actions have yet to back up these declarations, however, and the government still has much work to do to wean the public away from years of "cradle-to-grave" socialist tendencies. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "TO BACK UP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | avaliser. (various references) | ||||
German | billigen (approve, endorse, uphold), bürgen (bailsmen, guarantee, vouch for, warrant, warrantors). (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | támogat (abet, advocate, aid, assist, back, back up, bear up, befriend, bolster, champion, espouse, Favor, favour, Foster, further, help, hold up, lean, maintain, promote, provide support, reinforce, side, stand for, stick by, subsidize, support, sustain, to advocate, to aid, to assist, to bolster up, to come out for sy, to espouse, to faster, to favor, to flank, to foster, to further, to give countenance to sy, to hold up, to patronize, to second, to side with sy, to subserve, to subsidize, to succour, to support, to thicken, upbear, uphold), segít (abet, accomodate, aid, assist, help, lean, minister, relieve, succor, succour, support, sustain, to aid, to assist, to avail, to bear a hand, to help, to lend a hand, to minister, to stead, to succour, to support). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | otay ackbay upay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-k-o-p-t-u" | |
-1 letter: backout, outback. | |
-2 letters: backup. | |
-3 letters: about, bucko, caput, coapt, kaput, pucka. | |
-4 letters: abut, atop, auto, back, boat, bock, bota, bout, buck, capo, coat, coup, pack, pact, pock, pout, puck, tabu, tack, taco, tuba, tuck. | |
-5 letters: abo, act, apt, auk, bap, bat, boa, bop, bot, but, cab, cap, cat, cob, cop, cot, cub, cup, cut, kab. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 4F      42 41 43 4B      55 50 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001111 00100000 01000010 01000001 01000011 01001011 00100000 01010101 01010000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T O   B A C K   U P |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 004F      0042 0041 0043 004B      0055 0050 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)544923635374525550 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | français, französisch, francia |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | allemand, német |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | hongrois, Ungar, magyar |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglais, englisch, angol |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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