back up
verb
What it means
- verb make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy “You'd better back up these files!”
- verb move backwards from a certain position “The bully had to back down”
- verb establish as valid or genuine “Can you back up your claims?”
- verb give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to “She supported him during the illness”
- verb become or cause to become obstructed “The leaves clog our drains in the Fall”