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Moondrifter Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Meaning of 'back up'

Hi teachers.


I came across this sentence and I tried to figure out what that means but I couldn't.


Clerk(at the dry cleaner's): It'll be for a few more days since our seamstress IS BACKED UP this week.

I guess that may mean 'busy or something...but not sure."


I've looked the expression up in the dictionary but I haven't found the right definition.


Please help~~~


Thanks in advance.

  

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org/wiki/back_up: "To fill up because of a backlog". org/wiki/backlog )

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It is sense 10 of "back up" at https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/back_up: "To fill up because of a backlog".

backlog: An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders or unfinished work
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