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backed

adjective as in supplied with a back

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Traffic up ahead on Myrtle backed up, and Johnson began weaving in and out.

These are the kids of the U.S.-backed Pakistani army and they should stop their parents from bombing our families and children.

And make no mistake; they were backed up by sincere religious beliefs.

Reid planted a flag, ready to make his mark in the world of whisky, backed by ambition and a gorgeous piece of land.

He wrote that he deserved to die and alluded to a ominous plan that he had backed out of twice already.

One evening in the month of April, a slim, straight-backed girl stood in the veranda of a bungalow at Meerut.

The boy backed away from him, and stood a little distance off, holding out a nice, juicy potato this time.

I turned away from the bank and raced up a long slope to a saw-backed ridge that promised largely of unobstructed view.

The hump-backed little figure with poke-bonnet and cane was chased out upon the broken landing.

But when Jess had lowered her umbrella and backed into the shop, she found several customers waiting at the counter.

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On this page you'll find 40 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to backed, such as: approved, assisted, endorsed, favored, advocated, and aided.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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