Backed

Usage examples for backed:

• A dozen times I've started to hunt you up and tell you what I'm telling you to- night, and every time I've backed out. "The Flag", Homer Greene.

• There were high- backed benches here, and Judith led the way to one of them. "Nobody's Child", Elizabeth Dejeans.

• To cover his slip he backed into a bigger, if less obvious, one. "A Matter of Proportion", Anne Walker.

• The guns were a mile and a half distant, backed by the whole Russian army. "Jack Archer", G. A. Henty.