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backing British & World English

help or support

back British & World English

give financial, material, or moral support to

backing store British & World English

a device for secondary storage of data that typically has greater capacity than the primary store but is slower to access

backing track British & World English

a recorded musical accompaniment, especially one for a soloist to play or sing along with

back on in back British & World English

(of a building or other structure) have its back facing or adjacent to

back up in back British & World English

(of vehicles) form into a queue due to congestion

back down in back British & World English

withdraw a claim or assertion in the face of opposition

back off in back British & World English

draw back from action or confrontation

back out in back British & World English

withdraw from a commitment

barebacking British & World English

the practice of having anal intercourse without a condom

rollback British & World English

restore (a database) to a previously defined state

back water in back British & World English

reverse the action of a boat’s oars to slow down or stop

piggyback British & World English

carry by or as if by means of a piggyback

back something up in back British & World English

make a spare copy of data or a disk

back in the day in back British & World English

in the past; some time ago

back the wrong horse in back British & World English

make a wrong or inappropriate choice

back someone into a corner in back British & World English

force someone into a difficult situation

backing English-French

soutien m

backing English-German

Unterstützung

backing English-Italian

supporto m

backing English-Spanish

respaldo

backing singer English-French

chanteur/-euse

backing singer/vocals/group in backing English-Italian

cantante/voci/gruppo d'accompagnamento