VERB | social | back up, support | give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to |
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motion | back up, back off, back down | move backwards from a certain position | |
change | back up, back | establish as valid or genuine | |
creation | back up | make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy | |
contact | back up, clog, choke off, clog up, congest, choke, foul | become or cause to become obstructed |
Meaning | Give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Model | Sam cannot back up Sue | |
Synonym | support | |
Narrower | help, assist, aid | Give help or assistance |
patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor | Do one's shopping at | |
promote, advance, boost, further, encourage | contribute to the progress or growth of | |
root | Cheer for | |
second, back, endorse, indorse | Give support or one's approval to | |
sponsor | assume responsibility for or leadership of | |
undergird | lend moral support to | |
Spanish | apoyar, respaldar | |
Catalan | donar suport, recolzar-se, recolzar | |
Nouns | backup | the act of providing approval and support |
Meaning | Move backwards from a certain position. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Synonyms | back off, back down | |
Broader | withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back | pull back or move away or backward |
See also | back | travel backward |
Meaning | Establish as valid or genuine. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "Can you back up your claims?" | |
Synonym | back | |
Broader | confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm | Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts |
Meaning | make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "You'd better back up these files!" | |
Category | computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system | A machine for performing calculations automatically |
Broader | copy, re-create | make a replica of |
Nouns | backup | (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device |
Meaning | Become or cause to become obstructed. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | clog, choke off, clog up, congest, choke, foul | |
Narrower | crap up | Become obstructed or chocked up |
gum up | stick together as if with gum | |
silt up, silt | Become chocked with silt | |
stuff, lug, choke up, block | obstruct | |
Broader | obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up | Block passage through |
Opposite | unclog | Become or cause to become unobstructed |
Spanish | asfixiar, atascar, atorar, atrancar, congestionar, empantanar, obstruir | |
Catalan | asfixiar, embussar-se, embussar, empantanar, empantanegar-se, encallar-se, encallar, enfangar, obstruir, tapar-se | |
Nouns | backup | an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage / stoppage |
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