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View definitions for backs up

backs up

verb as in move backward

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verb as in support

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Democrats, their backs up, have altered Senate rules on filibusters in the face of Republican obstruction.

If your voice backs up or freezes up on stage, that can be dangerous for a singer.

It's contradiction that makes women contrary; it sets their backs up, like.

Every dollar backs up every other dollar, and the demand for Whipped Oats will last for years.

At the lower side of the bog flood gates are provided, so that when the gates are shut the water backs up and floods the area.

He has evidently put the other chiefs' backs up, and we must receive their reports of him with some doubt.

Beat or kick the beast as one will, it only backs up or crowds closely to the horse in front.

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On this page you'll find 55 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to back up, such as: fall back, retreat, abandon, and withdraw.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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