Synonyms for back up
back up

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1. support, back upverb

   give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to

   "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up"

   Synonyms:
   digest, abide, congest, tolerate, choke, foul, support, plunk for, hold up, endure, choke off, back, stick out, back down, clog, fend for, patronise, clog up, keep going, put up, corroborate, endorse, stomach, defend, confirm, bear out, back off, affirm, subscribe, brook, indorse, suffer, stand, sustain, patronize, underpin, substantiate, hold, plump for, patronage, bear

2. back up, back off, back downverb

   move backwards from a certain position

   "The bully had to back down"

   Synonyms:
   back, choke off, foul, clog, back off, chicken out, bow out, support, back down, clog up, congest, pull out, choke

3. back, back upverb

   establish as valid or genuine

   "Can you back up your claims?"

   Synonyms:
   second, bet on, gage, foul, clog up, plump for, support, congest, back off, plunk for, game, choke off, back, indorse, stake, choke, clog, punt, endorse, back down

4. back upverb

   make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy

   "You'd better back up these files!"

   Synonyms:
   back, choke off, foul, clog, back off, support, back down, clog up, congest, choke

5. clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foulverb

   become or cause to become obstructed

   "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"

   Synonyms:
   contaminate, drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, buy the farm, give-up the ghost, clot, choke, foul, throttle, support, cash in one's chips, fret, befoul, kick the bucket, expire, choke off, back, pass away, perish, croak, clog, conk, asphyxiate, defile, clog up, snuff it, decease, maculate, back down, go, choke down, constipate, pass, exit, back off, die, pollute, suffocate, overload, congest, scrag, stifle, choke back

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1. back up

   Synonyms:
   support, sustain, assist, aid, help, BACK

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1. Megan Ranney:

   For the unvaccinated, the data doesn't really back up that you become non-infectious after five days, i'm quite worried about these new recommendations.

2. Standard Chartered:

   A lot of the exceptionalism of the dollar has to do with its scarcity. The prospect now is that there will be no scarcity of dollars and in fact there will be an abundance as far as the eye can see, the Fed is going to be forced into this (providing dollar liquidity), because they know what will happen if they raise long-term interest rates or allow long-term rates to go back up.

3. Jason Pride:

   With oil prices being back up into that $ 40 range, some of the downside that was associated with the energy market... is more subdued at these current prices, or at least held at bay, and the ripple effects from that are also held at bay.

4. Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen:

   We think we've stalled the clock just enough to stop HUD from finalizing this, even if they finalize it, we've been working with the Joe Biden transition to make sure Biden's HUD repeals this just as quickly. We hope the Joe Biden administration will clean it right back up.

5. Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia:

   I love the message, when you get knocked down, which everybody does, the message is, ‘Get back up’.