back up

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === back up (third-person singular simple present backs up, present participle backing up, simple past and past participle backed up) (idiomatic, intransitive) To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so. Coordinate terms: back away, back off, stand back (idiomatic, transitive) To move a vehicle backwards. Synonym: reverse Hyponym: back out (idiomatic, intransitive) To undo one's actions. Synonym: back out (idiomatic, intransitive) To reconsider one's thoughts. (idiomatic, computing, transitive) To copy (data) so that it can be restored if the main copy is lost. (idiomatic, transitive) To provide support or the promise of support to. Synonyms: back, support (idiomatic, intransitive, cricket) For the non-striker to take a few steps down the pitch, in preparation to taking a run, just as the bowler bowls the ball. (idiomatic, intransitive, cricket) For a fielder to position himself behind the wicket (relative to a team-mate who is throwing the ball at the wicket) so as to stop the ball, and prevent overthrows. (idiomatic, intransitive, of a blockage) To halt the flow or movement of something. Synonym: plug up (idiomatic, intransitive, informal) To fill up because of a backlog. Synonym: fall behind 1995, "Oubliette" (episode of The X-Files TV series) (obsolete, printing) To run a printing press in reverse. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === back down back into back off back out === Anagrams === upback