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Backstop

//ˈbæk.stɒp// name, noun, verb, slang

Proper Noun

1
A proposed seamless border between Ireland and Northern Ireland in the event of Brexit. UK

Noun

1
An object or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
2
a precaution in case of an emergency wordnet
3
A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
"Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar, this morning, said a time-limited backstop would be unacceptable, and has previously promised to vote down the UK’s Brexit withdrawal deal unless it features a satisfactory backstop."
4
(baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field wordnet
5
A wall or fence behind home plate.

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(baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher wordnet
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A catcher; the position of catcher. slang
"Bench may be the greatest catcher subjectively, but he's not statistically. Statwise, Yogi Berra is the all-time backstop, regardless of which measure you prefer. Berra's Total-Z is one-third of a standard deviation higher than Bench's, and his Core-Z average is a point better."
8
The player who stands immediately behind the striking base.
9
The longstop. dated
10
The wicket-keeper. dated
11
Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.
"[…] to be set up in Indonesia with a phony book and school supplies company established in New York City as a backstop."

Verb

1
To serve as backstop for. transitive
2
act as a backstop wordnet
3
To bolster, support. transitive
"Russia signalled on Monday it would backstop the European Union's bailout of Cyprus despite anger that the weekend rescue deal would impose heavy losses on uninsured depositors, many of them Russian."

Etymology 1

From back + stop.

Etymology 2

From back + stop.

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