Back up
Back up verb - Move backwards from a certain position.
Both terms in one sentence
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He trips on a blade of grass and, rather than getting back up and running even faster, he continues forward on his belly.
Source: Broken Heel -
In the Guild Wars 2 event "Clockwork Chaos" Queen Jennah is dangling from a broken balcony and Lord Faren rushes forward to pull her back up.
Source: Negated Moment of Awesome -
Time Skip: The first episode skips forward six years after Chang-min and Jin Hee divorce, picking back up with both of them as interns doing ER duty.
Source: Series / Emergency Couple
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Forward and Back up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/back_up/forward
Back up & Forward. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/back_up/forward>.
Forward or Back up. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/back_up/forward.
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