backa upp
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From backa (“reverse”) and upp (“up”).
Verb[edit]
backa upp (present backar upp, preterite backade upp, supine backat upp, imperative backa upp)
- (transitive, intransitive) to reverse a vehicle uphill or towards something
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
backa upp (present backar upp, preterite backade upp, supine backat upp, imperative backa upp)
- (transitive) to back, support
- 2021, “När hördes det första gökuret? [When was the first cuckoo clock heard?]”, in Bue Kindtler-Nielsen, editor, Världens Historia, number 5, Bonnier Publications International, →ISSN, page 63:
- Nutida experter backar emellertid inte upp denna teori, utan påpekar att primitiva gökur tillverkades av skogshuggare i samma område redan cirka hundra år före Ketterers uppfinning.
- Modern experts do however not support this theory, but note that primitive cuckoo clocks were created by woodcutters in the same area already about a hundred years before Ketterer's invention.