backsomeoneup
phrasal verbwithbackverbuk/bæk/us/bæk/
B2
tosupportorhelpsomeone:
Myfamilybackedme upthroughoutthecourtcase.
C2
to say that someone istellingthetruth:
Honestly, that'sexactlywhathappened- Claire will back me up.
Will you back me up if I say that I neversawhim?
Backing, supporting & defending
- adopt
- advocacy
- affirmation
- allyyourselfto/withsomeone
- argumentation
- backbone
- badge
- bailout
- champion
- keep the flag flyingidiom
- red carpet
- reinforce
- right behindsomeoneidiom
- roll out the red carpetidiom
- root
- root forsomeone
- self-affirmation
- stick
- stick together
- sympathetic
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Proving and disproving