Antonyms for back up


Grammar : Verb
Spell : bak
Phonetic Transcription : bæk


Definition of back up

Origin :
  • 1767, "stand behind and support," from back (v.) + up. The noun meaning "standby, reserve" is recorded from 1952 (often written as one word, backup); specific reference to computing is from 1965.
  • verb move backward
  • verb support
Example sentences :
  • The law said it was his and he had the might to back up the law.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • Why you'd put any other man's back up until he broke his spine.
  • Extract from : « The Universal Reciter » by Various
  • I felt ready in my own mind to back up every assertion of Schomberg's and on any subject.
  • Extract from : « Falk » by Joseph Conrad
  • It was impossible for the truck containing the engineers to back up.
  • Extract from : « The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service » by James R. Driscoll
  • Then that one below there will back up and hitch on at the eastern end.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • Tex didn't git Purdy—but they was five more of us there to back up his play.
  • Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx
  • There have been many indications of that tendency from years back up to the present.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
  • And I put my back up to the wall and cast my cloak back over my shoulder.
  • Extract from : « Sir Ludar » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • It was the duty of everybody to back up Tempest and make it hot for Jarman.
  • Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • For a minute he had me where I could n't go ahead nor back up.
  • Extract from : « The Wrong Woman » by Charles D. Stewart

Synonyms for back up

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