Back Up
How to Conjugate Back Up
- Infinitive: Back Up
- Present Tense: Back Up
- -ing Form: Backing Up
- Past Tense: Backed Up
- Past Participle: Backed Up
Definitions of Back Up:
1. To walk or drive a vehicle backwards.
Examples: Wait, back up! You drove past the house.
I asked the lady to back up because she was standing too close to me in line.
2. When you support someone or something.
Examples: Rita’s argument about global warming would’ve been great, if she had backed it up with some facts.
The secret to a great marriage is to always back each other up, even when the person is wrong.
3. To make a copy of computer data or files.
[Part. Adj/Attributive Noun] {Backup} Something else you have in case the main plans, file, equipment, etc. goes wrong.
Examples: You need to back up all your programs before you reformat your computer.
Do you have a backup date to the prom?
I have two cell phones because I need one for backup.
4. When something is prevented from moving.
Examples: Traffic is backed up on I-90 East.
This is the third time this week the drain has been backed up.
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