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backstop
[ bak-stop ]
noun
- a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- Baseball. the catcher.
- a person or thing that serves as a support, safeguard, or reinforcement:
There were technicians on board as backstops to the automated controls.
verb (used without object)
- to act as a backstop.
verb (used with object)
- to act as a backstop to:
The government agreed to backstop companies that invested in oil exploration.
backstop
/ ˈ²úæ°ìËŒ²õ³ÙÉ’±è /
noun
- sport a screen or fence to prevent balls leaving the playing area
- a block or catch to prevent excessive backward movement, such as one on the sliding seat of a rowing boat
verb
- to provide with backing or support
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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Example Sentences
But with the bases loaded and two outs in the fourth, he spiked consecutive two-strike curveballs, the second bouncing all the way to the backstop to plate a run.
But city and state legislators have agreed to be a financial backstop.
But she said the change created a "four-year backstop", adding: "It doesn't say it cannot be implemented before then."
But it could come into force earlier and a spokesperson for Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP behind the bill, described the four year time limit as "a backstop".
Schumer painted a picture of the Trump administration slashing federal programs without the backstop of the judiciary.
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