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Definition von back 3 im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- If you back a person or a course of action, you support them, for example by voting for them or giving them money. There is a new witness to back his claim that he is a victim of mistaken identity. = support + -backed -backed government-backed loans to Egypt
- If you back a particular person, team, or horse in a competition, you predict that they will win, and usually you bet money that they will win. Roland Nilsson last night backed Sheffield Wednesday to win the UEFA Cup It is upsetting to discover that you have backed a loser
- If a singer is backed by a band or by other singers, they provide the musical background for the singer. She was backed by acoustic guitar, bass and congas. see also backing
- If a building backs onto something, the back of it faces in the direction of that thing or touches the edge of that thing. We live in a ground floor flat which backs onto a busy street His garden backs onto a school
- When you back a car or other vehicle somewhere or when it backs somewhere, it moves backwards. He backed his car out of the drive I heard the engines revving as the lorries backed and turned. = reverse