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bak
- give financial, material, or moral support to
"he had a newspaper empire backing him"
sponsor finance put up the money for fund subsidize underwrite promote lend one's name to be a patron of act as guarantor of support support endorse sanction approve of give one's blessing to smile on favour advocate promote uphold champion support stand by give one's support to side with be on someone's side take someone's side take someone's part- supplement in order to strengthen
"the government troops were backed by paramilitary forces"
- be in favour of
"over 97 per cent backed the changes"
- (in popular music) provide musical accompaniment to (a singer or musician)
"on his new album he is backed by an American group"
- bet money on (a person or animal) winning a race or contest
"he backed the horse at 33–1"
- walk or drive backwards
"I put the car in reverse and backed down the road"
reverse move/drive backwards- cause to move backwards
"he backed the Mercedes into the yard"
- (of the wind) change direction anticlockwise around the points of the compass
"the wind had backed to the north-west"
- put (a sail) aback in order to slow the vessel down or assist in turning through the wind
- cover the back of (an article) in order to support, protect, or decorate it
"a mirror backed with tortoiseshell"
- lie behind or at the back of
"the promenade is backed by lots of cafes"
- put a piece of music on the less important side of (a vinyl recording)
"the new single is backed with a track from the LP"