Phrasal Verb - Back with
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.Definition
To return to a place, activity, or situation after a period of time, often unexpectedly or involuntarily, often causing surprise or inconvenience.
Examples
| No. | Example |
|---|---|
| 1 | My wife always comes home later than expected, backing me up with her friends. |
| 2 | Due to bad weather, the tour was cancelled, and they backed up their flight two days later. |
| 3 | We've been arguing about this all day and I'm fed up with the fight, I'm going to back out for tonight. |
| 4 | After an hour, they finally backed up their recording with a smaller hard drive. |
| 5 | Her career in music never really got off the ground, she had to back up to her regular job at McDonald's. |
| 6 | Back up is what I'm going to do right now. Your last presentation was logged in safe. |
| 7 | Our regular truck broke down and we have to back up our journey by one day. |
| 8 | The restaurant attendance dropped by half the week since my manager quit her job. Yep, I should totally back up my work when she leaves. |
| 9 | At that time, when she finally realized what was going wrong, she backed up and proceeded carefully. This little mistake almost led to a speeding charge. Thankfully, no speeding charge was issued. |
| 10 | Apparently the reason for smoke floods in the East Building of the campus is that a man quit his apartment smaller down east from the buildings great grounds and lit a thing on fire back with it in attempt of reversing dropping grades with complications that indeed hugely posed dispute in the flashback once! |