Back Up

Definition: Back Up

Back Up

Verb

1. Give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to; "She supported him during the illness".

2. Move backwards from a certain position; "The bully had to back down".

3. Establish as valid or genuine; "Can you substantiate your claims?".

4. Make a copy of (a computer file) esp. for storage in another place as a security cop; "You'd better back up these files!".

5. Become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Finance

Slang in 1811

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Back Up

Aid

Second, stand by; back, back up; pay the piper, abet; work for, make interest for, stick up for, take up the cudgels for; take up the cause of, espouse the cause of, adopt the cause of; advocate, beat up for recruits, press into the service; squire, give moral support to, keep in countenance, countenance, patronize; lend oneself to, lend one's countenance to; smile upon, shine upon; favor, befriend, take in hand, enlist under the banners of; side with; (cooperate).

Pride

Verb: be proud; Adjective: put a good face on; look one in the face; stalk abroad, perk oneself up; think no small beer of oneself; presume, swagger, strut; rear one's head, lift up one's head, hold up one's head; hold one's head high, look big, take the wall, " bear like the Turk no rival near the throne ", carry with a high hand; ride the high horse, mount on one's high horse; set one's back up, bridle, toss the head; give oneself airs; (assume); boast.

Resentment

Put out of countenance, put out of humor; put one's monkey up, put one's back up; raise one's gorge, raise one's dander, raise one's choler; work up into a passion; make one's blood boil, make the ears tingle; throw, into a ferment, madden, drive one mad; lash into fury, lash into madness; fool to the top of one's bent; set by the ears.

Support

Support, bear, carry, hold, sustain, shoulder; hold up, back up, bolster up, shore up; uphold, upbear; prop; under prop, under pin, under set; riprap; bandage.

Crosswords: Back Up

Captain Diel ordered me to go with you on that bust because you needed bomb squad back up but once again you screwed me and you screwed yourself (Rush Hour; writing credit: Jim Kouf)

They pull in, and then they pull out, and they turn, and they back up. (The Other Sister; writing credit: Alexandra Rose; Blair Richwood)

Anyway, did you really want to do Rex Manning in the count-out room? Is that how you always imagined your first time would be? Your back up against the daily totals and your feet pounding against the safe- Oh Rexy stop that (Empire Records; writing credit: Carol Heikkinen)

Ok, now I'm gonna have to back up over you with my whoopass mobile (Good Morning, Miami; writing credit: James Grissom; David Kohan)

Every soldier in a war doesn't have to believe in what he's fighting for. Most of them fight just to back up the other soldiers in their squad (Lone Star; writing credit: John Sayles)

Way back up in the woods among the evergreens, (Johnny B. Goode; performing artist: Chuck Berry)

Yo back up now and give a brother room (Boom! Shake The Room; performing artist: Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince)

You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat (The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down; performing artist: Joan Baez)

Some they fell down and some got back up and (WALKIN' ON THE SUN; performing artist: Smash Mouth)

And get back up again (It's Raining Again; performing artist: Supertramp)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Back Up Banjo (reference)

• Fiddle Tunes for Harmonica: Irish and American Playable on All Tunes, Reels Jigs, Hornpipesm Waltzes, Playing Instructions Plus How to Play Back Up (reference)

• Growing Yourself Back Up (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Back Up Off Me! [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Apricorn 18.0GB 2.5In Ez Backit Mobile Back Up For HP Web Site Only (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Porter-Cable 55741 7" Abrasive Back Up Kit for 7402 Sander (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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.

Dahinda, Illinois. On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Chillicothe, Illinois to Fort Madison, Iowa, a coupling pin jumps loose and the train breaks in two. The conductor, riding on top of the train, signals the engineer as they back up i. Credit: Library of Congress.

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.

Morale hastens victory - back up the boys over there United War Work Campaign, Nov. 11th - 18th / / F. Luis Mora. Credit: Library of Congress.

Back up our boys with your Liberty Bond You buy Liberty Bonds and Uncle Sam's boys will do the rest. Credit: Library of Congress.

United American industry must back up the boys "over there" / Morris. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Blood coming into the heart from the lungs may back up and cause fluid to leak into the lungs, a condition known as pulmonary congestion. (references)

For other people, a neurogenic bladder means that their muscles do not get the message that it is time to let go. If the bladder becomes too full, urine may back up into the kidneys, and the extra pressure causes damage to the tiny blood vessels in the kidney. (references)

Business

For stand-alone wind generators the trends in end users' attitudes have moved towards increasing acceptance of wind generators, and their associated back up equipment, as a cost effective and reliable method of electricity supply. (references)

Additionally, in a move to encourage telecommunications service provision in rural areas without access to electricity, the Kenya Government has, in its budget for the financial year commencing July 2000, granted remissions on customs duty and VAT for the importation of solar power back up equipment for telecommunications. (references)

Economic History

Chile

More thoroughly trained technical sales support personnel often back up the salesmen during client visits. (references)

Rwanda

The UN peacekeeping operation, UNAMIR, was drawn down during the fighting but brought back up to strength after the RPF victory. (references)

Venezuela

U.S. fresh fruit exports to Venezuela were back up to more than $15 million in 1998 thanks primarily to strong demand for deciduous fruit. (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)

PARAGUAY

In an effort to stimulate the economy, the Gonzalez Macchi government has lowered interest rates from 29 to 9.5 percent between May 1999 and September 2000. However, the regional crisis started in Argentina and the fall in the value of the Brazilian real have forced the Central Bank to bring short-term rates back up to 28 percent. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "back up": back up a car ♦ get one's back up ♦ get smb.'s back up ♦ one's back up ♦ put smb.'s back up ♦ set smb.'s back up ♦ to back up ♦ to get one's back up ♦ to put one's back up. Additional references.

Albanian

prapsem (draw back, keep back, lose ground, recoil, rein back, shy), mbështet (abet, adhere, back, build, buttress, countenance, found, hold up, lean, pillow, prop up, push, shore, support, sustain, uphold), krijoj një kopje rezervë, eci mbrapsht (reverse). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تراجع (back away, back down, backwards, blemish, degradation, draw back, drawback, fall back, fall behind, give back, give ground, give the right of way, kick, lose ground, move back, palinode, recede, recess, recession, recoil, regress, regression, renege, retire, retract, retraction, retreat, retreating, retrogression, sell out, stand, take back, turn back, unsay, withdraw), ‏دعم (back, backing, backup, bolster, boost, buttress, carry, consolidate, encourage, encouragement, favor, favour, fuel, hold, prop, put up, reinforce, rest, second, shore, stanchion, stand up for, stick by, subsidize, support, take sides, truss, underpin, uphold, upholding). (various references)

Bulgarian 

акомпанирам (accompany), подкрепям (aid, back, bear out, bolster, buttress, carry through, corroborate, countenance, enlist, give a hand, patronize, piece in, promote, prop up, refresh, second, stand by, stand to, stick by, stick up for, support, sustain, take up, undergird, underlie, underpin, uphold, verify, weigh in with), движа на заден ход. (various references)

Czech

podporovat (back, encourage, Foster, further, hold up, patronize, promote, side, sponsor, support, sustain, uphold), doložit. (various references)

Danish

vekselkaution (aval, backing, bill guarantee, endorsement, guarantee, surety), vekselborgen (aval, backing, bill guarantee, endorsement, guarantee, surety), aval (aval, backing, bill guarantee, endorsement, guarantee, surety). (various references)

Dutch

aval (guarantee, guarantee of a bill), achteruit rýden. (various references)

Esperanto

veturigi posten, veturigi malantaŭen. (various references)

Finnish

vekselitakaus (aval, backing, bill guarantee, endorsement, guarantee, surety), avaali (aval, backing, bill guarantee, endorsement, guarantee, surety). (various references)

French

backup, soutenir (back), sauvegarder, refouler (drive back, press back), faire marcher en arrière, de secours, aval (backing), appuyer (back). (various references)

German

bekräftigen (acknowledge, affirm, confirm, corroborate, support, to affirm, to corroborate), Wechselbuergschaft (aval, backing, bill guarantee, endorsement, guarantee, surety), untermauern (corroborate, enforce, hammer home, substantiate, support, to reinforce, underpin), stützen (back, base on, bolster, brace, carry, enforce, hold up, lean, pillow, precipitate, prop up, reinforce, shore, shore up, support, sustain, to base on, to support, to sustain, underpin, uphold), sicherstellen (assure, ensure, guarantee, keep safe, recover, secure, take possession of, to assure, to secure), sichern (assure, backup, belay, cover, ensure, guarantee, guard, protect, safeguard, save, secure, to assure, to backup), sekundieren (second), rückwärts fahren (reverse), fundieren (base, erect, establish, found), Aval (aval, backing, bill guarantee, endorsement, guarantee, surety). (various references)

Greek 

κάνω όπισθεν (reverse), υποστηρίζω (assert, back, befriend, bolster, contend, countenance, maintain, patronize, predicate, prop, second, shore, sponsor, stand by, stand up for, submit, support, sustain, underpin, uphold), υποβοηθώ (abet, subvene), εγγύηση συναλλαγματικής (aval, backing, bill guarantee, endorsement, guarantee, surety), τριτεγγύηση (guaranty). (various references)

Hebrew 

לחזור בו (back down, back out of, recant, reconsider, regret, repent, take back, unsay), ל� וע אחור�" (retreat), �'בוי (backing, collected, paid up). (various references)

Hungarian

visszakozik (back out of, back pedal, pipe down, to back down, to back-pedal, to crawfish, to eat crow, to pipe down, to renege, to renegue), támogat (abet, advocate, aid, assist, back, 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 back up, 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), hátoldali nyomat. (various references)

Indonesian

cadangan (a vote, alternative, reserve, upare), atret (go in reverse). (various references)

Italian

back up (backup), spalleggiare (abet, support), puntellare (prop, shore, shore up, support), avallo (aval, backing, bill guarantee, endorsement, guarantee, surety). (various references)

Pig Latin

ackbay upay.(various references)

Portuguese

suportar (abet, abide, back, bear, bear out, brace, carry out, dree, endure, lean, put up with, suffer, support, sustain, tolerate, upbear, uphold), dar marcha � ré, aval (guarantee, guarantee of a bill, indorsation, indorsement), apoiar (back, base, bolster, buttress, carry, encourage, further, lean, prop, stand for, stand up for, support, sustain, uphold). (various references)

Romanian

susţine (advocate, affirm, allege, argue, assert, back, bear, bear up, bolster, buoy, buttress, carry, champion, claim, contend, countenance, defend, encourage, endorse, entertain, Favor, favour, fortify, give countenance to smb., hold, hold up, maintain, pep, promote, prop, reinforce, sanction, second, speed, sponsor, submit, support, underlie, uphold, vindicate), ajuta (abet, accomodate, advantage, aid, answer, assist, avail, befriend, benefit, carry, carry through, comfort, encourage, fillip, help, minister to, promote, prop, push, relieve, second, serve, succor, succour, support, sustain). (various references)

Russian 

поддерживать;подкреплять;инф)копировать, поддерживать (atlas, back, bear out, bear up, befriend, bolster, buoy, buttress, carry, countenance, encourage, encouraged by, exhort, give support to, hold up, keep up, maintain, scaffolds, stand by, support, supported, sustain, underpin, upbear, uphold), давать задний ход. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

potpomoći (support), podržati (advocate, back, second, support, sustain, uphold). (various references)

Spanish

retroceder (back, back away, fall back, flinch, give ground, go back, go backwards, move back, move backwards, push back, recede, regress, retrogress, stand back, turn back, walk backward), retrasar (check, delay, hold up, pull back, put back, retard, set back, sojourn, take back, turn back), respaldar (back, protect, support, underwrite), proteger (arm, bear, defend, enshrine, favour, fence, guard, lay away, lay by, look, preserve, protect, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shelter, shield, stand up for, watch), pisar (collar, enter, footle, nobble, press, push, set foot, step, trample, tread, tread down, wend one's way), hacer una copia de seguridad, hacer una copia (duplicate), garantía (assurance, attestation, escrow, guarantee, guaranty, pawn, pledge, safeguard, seal, security, sponsion, surety, undertaking, warrant, warranty), demorar (delay, slow down, Tarry), defender (advocate, back, champion, defend, guard, hurt, protect, stand up for, stick up for, uphold), dar un apoyo, dar marcha atrás a (back), aval (aval, backing, bill guarantee, endorsement, guarantee, surety), apoyar (abet, back, buttress, cheer, countenance, espouse, Favor, favour, hold up, invest in, lean, maintain, prop, prop up, recline, rest, second, support, supporte, sustain, to support, underwrite, uphold). (various references)

Swedish

backa upp, serva (serve, service), säkerhetskopiering (backup). (various references)

Turkish

geriye doğru sürmek (back), geri geri gitmek (back), desteklemek (advocate, assist, bear out, bear smb. out, bolster, bolster up, brace, buoy, buttress, champion, countenance, encourage, endorse, Favor, favour, fortify, give a leg up, give countenance to, go along with, help forward, hold up, identify, indorse, keep smb. in countenance, lend countenance to, logroll, nourish, patronize, promote, prop, root for, second, shore, sponsor, spoonfeed, stake, stanchion, stand, stand by, start, stick up for, strengthen, subordinate, support, sustain, underpin, uphold), destek olmak (arm, back, bear up, bolster up, cooperate, roll a log for smb., see through, shore, smile on, support), arka çıkmak (back, logroll, roll a log for smb., sponsor). (various references)

Ukrainian

підтримувати (aliment, back, bear up, block, bolster, carry, cheer, corroborate, encourage, favour, fortify, get behind, hold up, keep alive, maintain, play up, prop, pull, push, second, sponsor, stand for, support, sustain, underpin, underset, upbear, uphold), дублювання, давати задній хід. (various references)

pharam. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: backup.

-1 letter: pucka.

-2 letters: back, buck, pack, puck.

-3 letters: auk, bap, cab, cap, cub, cup, kab, pac, pub.

-4 letters: ab, ba, ka, pa, up.

+1 letter: backups.

+2 letters: humpback, pullback.

+3 letters: humpbacks, parbuckle, pullbacks.

+4 letters: bankruptcy, humpbacked, parbuckled, parbuckles.

+5 letters: parbuckling.