Back and Further

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Back verb - To promote the interests or cause of.

Usage example: she enthusiastically backed the plan to renovate and upgrade the school's facilities

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Further is a synonym for back in behaviour topic. In some cases you can use "Further" instead a verb "Back", when it comes to topics like advocate.

Nearby Words: backward, backing, backed, backside, backwards

Further verb - To help the growth or development of.

Usage example: she worked hard to further her operatic career

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Back is a synonym for further in behaviour topic. Sometimes you can use "Back" instead a verb "Further", if it concerns topics such as advocate.

Nearby Words: furthered, furthering

By shaking the tube back and forth, the contents would be shifted back and forth between the sides of the tube, further mixing the fluids instead of separating them.

Source: Series / The Flash (2014)
Music was much more wholesome and drug-free back in the days of the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix, or back even further to Louis Armstrong and Cab Calloway.

Source: Darth Wiki / Useless Notes
Driven further into madness, Charles tries to stitch back together and resurrect their son a la Frankenstein, but Thaddeus Came Back Wrong.

Source: Series / American Horror Story: Murder House

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