Traffic backed up for miles

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• traffic — 01. I don t like to ride my bicycle in heavy [traffic] because it s too dangerous. 02. [Traffic] is backed up for 5 miles due to a bad accident on the highway. 03. The cyclist was weaving in and out of [traffic]. 04. Jeff has just phoned to say… …   Grammatical examples in English

• Traffic — on roads may consist of pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using the public way for purposes of travel. Traffic laws are the laws which govern traffic and regulate… …   Wikipedia

• Right- and left-hand traffic —   countries with right hand traffic …   Wikipedia

• back up — verb 1. give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to (Freq. 3) She supported him during the illness Her children always backed her up • Syn: ↑support • Derivationally related forms: ↑backup, ↑supportive …   Useful english dictionary

• back up — verb Date: 1837 intransitive verb to accumulate in a congested state < traffic backed up for miles > transitive verb 1. to move into a position behind (a teammate) in order to assist on a play 2. hold back 1 3 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• back — back1 [ bæk ] adverb *** ▸ 1 returning to place/state ▸ 2 as reply or reaction ▸ 3 away from the front ▸ 4 away from someone/something ▸ 5 toward beginning of something ▸ 6 in/into the past ▸ 7 in a different place ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) returning to a …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• back up — phrasal verb Word forms back up : present tense I/you/we/they back up he/she/it backs up present participle backing up past tense backed up past participle backed up 1) back someone up [transitive] to give support to someone by telling other… …   English dictionary

• Great American Boycott — The Great American Boycott (known in Spanish as El Gran Paro Estadounidense, the Great American Strike ) was a one day boycott of United States schools and businesses by immigrants, both legal and illegal, of mostly Latin American origin that… …   Wikipedia

• tail back — ˌtail ˈback [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they tail back he/she/it tails back present participle tailing back past tense …   Useful english dictionary

• pile-up — noun A traffic accident or collision involving multiple vehicles. Traffic was backed up for miles due to a twelve car pile up on the freeway earlier today …   Wiktionary

• Tractor-trailer — Tract o*r trail er, n. a combination of a tractor[4] hooked up to a trailer, forming a common type of truck[7] used for carrying freight on highways. Traffic was backed up for miles by a jackknifed tractor trailer. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English