verb phrase · neutral
back up data
/ˌbæk ˈʌp ˈdeɪtə/BACK·up DA·ta
Band 5-6speakingtask2
Make a copy of files so they remain safe if the originals are lost or damaged.
Examples
“I always back up my data before installing a new update.”
“You should back up your photos to a separate drive.”
“After finishing the project, we backed up the data to cloud storage.”
Band 8 sentence
“I always back up my data to an external hard drive and to cloud storage before any major system change.”
Collocations
- back up your files
- back up regularly
Word family
back up phrasal verbbackup noun / adjective
Common mistakes
to backup the files→to back up the files
save the files as a backup→back up the files
Say it for a higher band
5save data→6make a backup→7+back up data
Synonyms
save
make a backup
Easily confused
save
“I always save my document every ten minutes while I work.”
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