backed up
Moved in reverse
Backed up describes something supported or confirmed: Her claims are backed up by evidence.
It also means copied for safekeeping: Make sure your files are backed up.
Traffic or systems that are backed up are congested or delayed: Traffic was backed up for miles.
Plumbing that's backed up has flow reversed or blocked: The toilet backed up and flooded the bathroom.
- blockedPassage prevented or impeded
- cloggedBlocked by buildup
- sewer linePipe conveying municipal wastewater
- held upDelayed or robbed
- endorsedOfficially approved or supported
hard drive · supported · validated · overloaded · delayed · corroborated · sworn testimony · bottleneck · impeded · stood by · reinforced · gridlock · jam · rush hour · bumper to bumper · congested · crowded · substantiated
- crowdedcrowded, jam-packed, packed like sardines, crammed, jammed
- supportedsupported, aided, helped out, assisted, upheld
- copiedcopied, duplicated, replicated, reproduced, cloned
- traffictraffic jam, congestion, traffic, gridlock, traffic congestion
- documentedfilmed, photographed, recorded, written, logged
- offlineunplugged, disconnected, airplane mode, off-grid, shutdown