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   backstop

   /ˈbakstɒp/

   noun

   • 1. a thing placed at the rear of something as a barrier or support: "pull back harder until you reach the backstop on the stick"
   • ▪ an emergency precaution or last resort: "the human operator has to act as the ultimate backstop when things go badly wrong"
   • 2. a high fence or similar structure behind the home plate area.
   • ▪ a catcher.

   verb

   • 1. support or reinforce: "the founding banks were backstopping the loans"
   • 2. act as backstop for.
   • ▪ act as goaltender for: "the man who backstopped the Edmonton Oilers"

   Scrabble Points: 18

   • B

     3

   • A

     1

   • C

     3

   • K

     5

   • S

     1

   • T

     1

   • O

     1

   • P

     3

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