Back
Back verb - To provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea).
Usage example: the author needs to back her thesis with more facts
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The Social Darwinist: Nightmare Umbra hints that she attacks people because she wants them to fight back and prove they are worthy enough to survive.
Source: Fan Fic / Harmony Theory -
Inquisitor: (to their Sadist Teacher) Yes, yes yes, you send me off to a tomb to do the impossible, hoping I die, and then I came back and prove you wrong.
Source: Deadpan Snarker / Video Games - Only one grandma did not buy this crap, allowing the Zyuranger a chance to strike back and prove themselves.
Source: Easily Condemned
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