Back up meaning
Back up is a phrasal verb with 6 meanings. One of them is to give another person practical help or active support.
- Past simple
- backed up
- Past participle
- backed up
- -ing form
- backing up
What back up means
support a personB2
To give another person practical help or active support
My manager backed me up when the client questioned the decision.
5 more meanings of back up are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With back: back off, back down.
With up: wake up, pick up, grow up, line up, make up, set up, put up, go up, bring up, mess up.
Common questions
What does back up mean?
It has 6 meanings. One of them is to give another person practical help or active support. The other 5, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of back up?
Backed up, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
