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quarta-feira, 13 de janeiro de 2016

Phrasal verbs com o verbo TO BACK

Back away

Meaning: Retreat or go backwards


Example: The crowd BACKED AWAY when the man pulled a knife.

Back down

Meaning: Retract or withdraw your position or proposal in an argument

Example: She refused to BACK DOWN and was fired.

Back into

Meaning: Enter a parking area in reverse gear

Example: He prefers to BACK his car INTO the garage.

Back off

Meaning: Retreat

Example: The police told the protesters to BACK OFF.

Back out

Meaning: Fail to keep an arrangement or promise

Example: He BACKED OUT two days before the holiday so we gave the ticket to his sister.

Back out of

Meaning: Fail to keep an agreement, arrangement

Example: She BACKED OUT OF the agreement at the last minute.

Back up

Meaning: Make a copy of computer data

Example: You should always BACK UP important files and documents so that you won't lose all your work if something goes wrong with the hardware.

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