back sb up
— phrasal verb with back /bæk/ verbDefinition
B2 to support or help someone: My family backed me up throughout the court case.Backing, supporting and defendingDefending and protecting C2 to say that someone is telling the truth: Honestly, that's exactly what happened - Claire will back me up. Will you back me up if I say that I never saw him?Proving and disproving
(Definition of back sb up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- actions speak louder than words idiom
- attest verb
- authenticate verb
- bear witness (to sth) idiom
- belie verb
- convince verb
- credential noun
- disprove verb
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- explode verb (PROVE FALSE)
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