back up a friend
поддержать друга
She backed up a friend who was being blamed unfairly.
Она вступилась за друга, которого несправедливо обвиняли.
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back up
back up
Meaning of back up
English
to support someone or show that what they say is true
Русский
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back up
Pronunciation
British English
/ˌbæk ˈʌp/
American English
/ˌbæk ˈʌp/
back up with Russian translation
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Поддержать человека
Supporting someoneback me up
поддержать меня
Will you back me up when I explain the problem to the manager?
Ты поддержишь меня, когда я объясню проблему руководителю?
- back up a colleagueподдержать коллегу
- back up your teamподдержать свою команду
Подтвердить слова
Confirming what someone saidback up her claim
подтвердить её утверждение
The figures back up her claim that demand is growing.
Цифры подтверждают её утверждение о росте спроса.
back up his story
подтвердить его рассказ
The hotel records back up his story about arriving on Tuesday.
Записи отеля подтверждают его рассказ о приезде во вторник.
- back up what she saidподтвердить её слова
- back up the accusationподкрепить обвинение
- back up your argumentподкрепить свой довод
- back up a witness's accountподтвердить показания свидетеля
Подкрепить доказательствами
Backing it up with evidenceback up a claim with evidence
подкрепить утверждение доказательствами
You should back up a claim with evidence, not just confidence.
Утверждение следует подкреплять доказательствами, а не одной уверенностью.
back it up with facts
подкрепить это фактами
He backed it up with facts from the report.
Он подкрепил это фактами из отчёта.
- back up the findings with dataподкрепить выводы данными
- back it up with examplesподкрепить это примерами
- can you back it up?можешь это подтвердить?
back up usage examples
🇬🇧English→🇷🇺Russian
My friends always back me up.
Друзья всегда меня поддерживают.
🇬🇧English→🇷🇺Russian
Will you back me up at the meeting?
Ты поддержишь меня на собрании?
back up synonyms
Related word breakdowns
What's the difference between back up / support / back / stand by / confirm
S
🇬🇧English
support
To support; the general neutral word.
very often
ENMy family supports me in everything.
B
🇬🇧English
back
To support a person or plan; without 'up'.
often
ENI'll back you if you ask for a raise.
S
🇬🇧English
stand by
To stay loyal to someone in a hard time.
often
ENShe stood by him when he lost his job.
C
🇬🇧English
confirm
To show a claim is true; not taking sides.
very often
ENThe hotel confirmed that he stayed there.
Advanced: broader words (1)
C
🇬🇧English
corroborate
To confirm a statement; formal, legal.
very rare word
ENTwo witnesses corroborated his story.
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back up meaning: what does it mean?
to support someone or show that what they say is true
back up pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?
back up is pronounced as /ˌbæk ˈʌp/. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.
back up definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?
Друзья всегда меня поддерживают. Translation: My friends always back me up.
Is back up part of Phrasal Verbs vocabulary?
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