back someone or something up
- back someone or something up
back someone or something up to someone or something & back someone or something up†
to guide or move someone or something backwards to someone or something. •
She backed the car up to the end of the street.
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Using hand signals, Todd helped back Mary up to the gas pump.
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He backed up the motor home carefully.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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