Thesaurus / back up
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What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEI waited three months more, in great impatience, then sent him back to the same post, to see if there might be a reply.
THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMANMost of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNESome weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSIn less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSAges back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUSThe bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OPERAJOHN H. SWABY (AKA "SCRICI")The boys were tumbling about, clinging to his legs, imploring that numerous things be brought back to them.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINWith a suffocating gasp, she fell back into the chair on which she sat, and covered her face with her hands.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERI was busy loading the piece when an exclamation of surprise from one of the men made me look up.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO BACK UP
- animate
- back
- back up
- bear out
- bloom
- brace
- brace up
- burgeon
- carry weight
- cheer
- consolidate
- embolden
- enhearten
- enliven
- flourish
- flower
- fortify
- gather resources
- gird
- give weight
- harden
- inspirit
- invigorate
- nerve
- nourish
- prepare
- prosper
- rally
- ready
- refresh
- rejuvenate
- restore
- steel
- substantiate
- temper
- thrive
- toughen
- uphold
- act for
- alternate
- answer for
- back up
- be in place of
- change
- commute
- cover for
- deputize
- displace
- do the work of
- double for
- fill in for
- fill one's position
- go as
- proxy
- relieve
- replace
- serve in one's stead
- spell
- stand for
- stand in (for)
- sub
- supersede
- supplant
- swap
- swap places with
- switch
- take another's place
- take over
- advocate
- aid
- assist
- back
- back up
- bolster
- boost
- brace
- buoy up
- buttress
- carry
- champion
- confirm
- countenance
- defend
- elevate
- encourage
- endorse
- help
- hoist
- hold to
- hold up one's end
- justify
- pick up
- promote
- prop
- raise
- rear
- second
- shore up
- side with
- stand by
- stick by
- stick up for
- sustain
- take up
- upbear
- uplift
- upraise
- uprear
- vindicate
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