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hi everybody my name is Alisha in this
lesson I'm going to talk about phrasal
verbs with back let's get started okay
first I want to introduce a group of
four verbs that shares one common point
that is this these four verbs all have
the meaning of moving with the rear part
of something forward so if you imagine a
car the front and the back of a car like
the front side and the back side of a
person if you imagine all of these verbs
share the meaning of making a motion in
some direction of moving in some
direction however the rear part is the
part that is like the forward moving
part so we usually walk with this part
of our body moving forward but when we
move with the rear part forward it means
this direction so we're moving back in a
backwards motion so these four verbs all
include that meaning I want to mention
that first these that we'll talk about
later don't include that meaning so
these four include that meaning plus
some preposition that tells us the
direction of that movement and the
relationship of that movement as well to
something else so with that in mind
let's take a look at these four phrasal
verbs the first phrasal verb here is
back into back into so back into means
moving with the rear part forward yes so
this kind of motion plus moving into a
space so two back into something you're
backing into an enclosed space so
imagine with a car a lot of these will
be very very useful for using with a car
so an example of this would be this one
he backed in to the parking space he
backed into the parking space so you
imagine with a car
backing in the rear part of the car
moves in to the parking space that means
the rear part of the car enters the
parking space first so we use the
phrasal verb to back in - you'll notice
here - this is the past tense form
backed he backed in backed as the past
form of back so he backed in to the
parking space tells us that he moved
with the rear part of the car forward
into the parking space okay so now let's
look at the opposite of this to back out
of something so since we have out here
we had in before this shows us this is
the the opposite direction then however
we don't use back out - we use back out
of please be careful here back out of so
this means to move out of a space to
move out of a space so an example
sentence might be the question in this
case can you back out of the garage can
you back out of the garage so again this
means that the rear part of the car is
moving forward
however instead of going into a space
the motion is coming from a space so
we're backing out of a space that means
from a position inside a room in this
case a garage the back of the car moves
first out of the garage so backing out
of something to back out of a garage or
to back out of a parking space as well
okay now let's move along to the next
phrasal verb back on - back on - this is
quite different from back in or back out
to back on to means to move backwards on
top of something so again when you're
driving a car for example you might use
the expression he backed on to the
sidewalk so this means the rear part of
the car moved first and as it moved it
moved on top of something else
so there's movement and movement onto
another thing he backed on to the
sidewalk or he backed on to maybe a
bicycle for example so
movement backwards and on top of
something else so this might happen to
you when you're using a car or another
vehicle so let's move on to the next
phrasal verb which is backed away from
back away from is a phrasal verb you
might use more to talk about your body
the motion of your body than you would a
car so this means to move backwards in a
direction opposite to something else so
by this I mean there's maybe another
person or there's some thing that you
want to move away from and again the
rear part of your body moves first so if
you imagine it that that there's
something like in front of you here in
front of the front part of your body and
you want to move away from it but you
maintain this direction with your body
we use the phrasal verb to back away
from to talk about doing that so in
example sentence they backed away from
the fire so you imagine there's a fire
like you're camping for example and you
move in this way you can say you backed
away from the fire so to back away from
might be something you use to talk about
your body more so than to talk about a
car perhaps but this means moving in an
opposite direction from something else
okay so let's move along then to the
next three which do not belong to this
group relating to that kind of
rear-facing motion these are very
different actually let's first begin
with this expression - back off - back
off so - back off
means to remove oneself from a situation
that's one or to move away in fear so
this first one to remove yourself from a
situation this is often said in response
to a person who's getting involved in a
situation you want that person to go
away from the situation so it's commonly
used as a command like back off it means
go away or stop bothering me
maybe you're working on a project for
example and someone tries to come share
opinions or criticize your work or
something you're not ready you can say
back off I'm still working on this for
example so it's used often to give a
command to someone actually we also use
this to express fear like if someone
threatens us or we're afraid of
something and we want to kind of move
away from the situation we can use back
off as well let's look at an example
here back off and let us deal with the
problem so this is related to criticism
like we don't need you to be involved so
let us handle it that's kind of the
feeling of back off like we don't need
you please go away so to back off in
this way refers to leaving a situation
okay let's move along to the next one
which is back down to back down from
something means to admit a mistake to
admit a mistake or it can mean like to
stop supporting something these are
actually kind of connected to stop
supporting something is like to stop
supporting an opinion kind of so when
you admit a mistake you stop supporting
that mistake is kind of the idea here so
an example of this could be my neighbor
won't back down he accuses me of being
noisy so the neighbor in other words is
wrongly accusing the speaker of being
noisy
but the neighbor won't back down that
means the neighbor refuses to admit a
mistake there were a few he refuses he
or she refuses to admit that there's
something wrong refuses to stop
supporting the opinion so my neighbor
won't back down he won't stop in how
many words he continues to accuse me so
to back down is like yeah kind of
removing your support for something you
said or some behavior you had in the
past okay let's move along then to the
last phrasal verb for this lesson which
is to back up to back up this is used
terms of to back up someone to back up
another person this means to support
someone verbally so verbally means with
your word to support someone verbally is
to back someone up so you can split this
to back someone up so an example of this
could be my colleagues backed me up when
I made a complaint so my colleagues
supported me when I made a complaint
I made the complaint and my colleagues
verbally or they shared some words to
support what I was saying in other words
so to back somewhat up means to support
them keep in mind this is very different
from to be a backup to be a backup means
to be a substitute for something it has
a very different meaning here so to be a
backup that's something very different
from to back someone up so keep that in
mind and try to pay attention to the
situations where those two words are
used alright so those are hopefully a
few new ways that you can use the verb
back of course if you have any questions
or comments or want to try to make a
sentence or maybe you know a different
way of using the verb back please feel
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