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"Back up" in a Sentence (13 examples)
That beeping sound indicates that the truck is backing up.
We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine.[…]As we reached the lodge we heard the whistle, and we backed up against one side of the platform as the train pulled up at the other.
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.
Thank you for backing me up. I know it's not easy delivering bad news-especially to a friend-but sometimes it's the only way we can move forward and begin to heal.
Researching and corroborating facts to put in my script is one thing, but getting sources to back up the assertions of interviewed contributors can be quite another.
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It turns out, there’s research that backs up the usefulness of lowering our expectations. Participants in one study had to make decisions that either led to financial gains or losses, all while inside a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine. Researchers then duplicated this experiment as an app to crowdsource more data.
When I flushed the toilet, the plumbing backed up and burst.
WAITRESS: Hurry up with those drinks, Lucy. We're backing up. (Grabs the drinks LUCY has poured.) What are you doing? These are regular. They all ordered large.
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