Sentences with back up
back up
B b - Radio signals received from the galaxy's centre back up the black hole theory. [VERB PREPOSITION noun]
- Make a point of backing up your files at regular intervals. [VERB PREPOSITION noun]
- The Secretary General says the declaration must now be backed up by concrete and effective actions. [be VERB-ed PREPOSITION]
- His employers, Norfolk social services, backed him up. [VERB noun PREPOSITION]
- The girl denied being there, and the man backed her up. [VERB noun PREPOSITION]
- Back up, Hans. [VERB PREPOSITION]
- Traffic into London on the M11 was backed up for several miles. [be VERB-ed PREPOSITION]
- I backed up carefully until I felt the wall against my back. [VERB PREPOSITION]
- Backup troops
- Traffic backed up for a mile
- The back of the head.
- The clothes on his back.
- He put his back into the task.
- The back of a hall.
- The back of a chair.
- The back of a jacket.
- The fall broke his back.
- The back of a binder.
- To back a candidate; to back up a theory with facts.
- To back a horse in the race.
- To back a car.
- To back a book.
- A beach backed by hills.
- A singer backed by piano and bass.
- At the back door; back fence.
- Back settlements.
- Back files; back issues.
- Back pay.
- Back current.
- He spent the day backing and forthing to the post office.
- I predict that the council will back water on the tax issue.
- He's flat on his back after a long succession of failures.
- I'd rather talk to him about it directly than discuss it behind his back.
- His family's extravagance is breaking his back.
- He finally broke the back of the problem.
- The fight started when they wouldn't get off my back.
- She gets her back up whenever someone mentions her family's influence.
- If he needs anything, I hope he knows I’ve got his back.
- He hid in back of the billboard. What could be in back of his strange behavior?
- The boss is always on my back about promptness.
- That beeping sound indicates that the truck is backing up.
- He was unable to turn his back on any suffering creature.
- Back up the car a little, you're blocking the driveway.
- I couldn't see how to finish the project, so I backed up and tried it another way.
- This isn't working. Let's back up and think about it.
- Back up your documents folder before applying the update.
- You should be careful. This guy is backed up by the local gang. When he said I wasn't there, I told him I was, and my buddy backed me up.
- When I flushed the toilet, the plumbing backed up and burst.