backed (up)

past tense of back (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for backed (up)
Verb
  • That means the buds form on the previous year’s growth and are fully formed and hardened by fall.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Subsequent congressional investigations, post-campaign books, and news stories have only hardened public opinion that, with his mental acuity faltering and physical stamina limited, Biden should have stepped aside after a single term.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Why he was executed on day 328, point blank, at the hands of Hamas, hours before approaching Israel Defense Forces would have set him free.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The Dodgers’ rotation appears set for this series.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While the rest of Burning Man celebrated, Kruglov lay prostrate on the ground at a faraway campsite in a comparatively desolate section of Black Rock City, his throat slashed, as a puddle of blood congealed around his lifeless body.
    Denver Nicks, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Backed (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backed%20%28up%29. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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