to admit that you are wrong or that you have been defeated, often because you are forced to
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back down
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to stop being involved in a situation, especially to allow other people to deal with it themselves
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back off
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if a building backs onto something, its back faces that thing
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back onto sth
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to decide not to do something that you were going to do or you had agreed to do
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back out
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to make a copy of computer information so that you do not lose it
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back up(sth) or back (sth) up
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to say that someone is telling the truth
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back up sb or back sb up
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to support or help someone
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back up sb or back sb up
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n. an extra copy of computer information
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back-up
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to knock against something, usually by accident
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bang into sth
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to depend on something happening
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bank onto something
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to expect something to happen and be prepared for it
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bargain for/on sth
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informal American & Australian to shout encouragement to the players in a football team
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barrack for sb
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to treat something or someone in a rough way
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bash sth/sb about
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informal American & Australian to tell someone angrily that something they have done is wrong
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bawl out sb or bawl sb out
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if an event, person, or place is booked up, they have no space or time available for someone
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be booked up
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to be involved in a situation, often when you do not want to be
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be caught up in sth
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to be a long way from other places and people
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be cut off
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informal to want something very much, especially food or drink
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be dying for sth
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informal if you ask someone what they are getting at, you are asking them what they mean, usually because they have expressed something indirectly
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be getting at sth
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informal to be very worried about something and spend a lot of time thinking about it
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be hang up
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