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Definition of Backing

Backing

  1. of Back
  2. The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward.
  3. That which is behind, and forms the back of, anything, usually giving strength or stability.
  4. Support or aid given to a person or cause.
  5. The preparation of the back of a book with glue, etc., before putting on the cover.

Backing Quotations

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.
C. S. Lewis

I'm looking for backing for an unauthorized auto-biography that I am writing. Hopefully, this will sell in such huge numbers that I will be able to sue myself for an extraordinary amount of money and finance the film version in which I will play everybody.
David Bowie

Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you're likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.
Richard Branson

I've got a crush on my backing singer.
Amy Winehouse

People are always backing up when I'm just going to shake their hands.
James Caan
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Backing Translations

backing in Spanish is apoyo
backing in Swedish is backa

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