backstop

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back⋅stop

[bak-stop]

noun, verb, -stopped, -stop⋅ping.

–noun

1.	a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.

2.	Baseball. the catcher.

3.	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)

4.	to act as a backstop.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to act as a backstop to: The government agreed to backstop companies that invested in oil exploration.

Origin:
1810–20; back ¹ + stop

Related forms:

backstopper, noun

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back·stop (bāk'stŏp')

Sports A screen or fence used to prevent a ball from being thrown or hit far out of a playing area, as in baseball.
Baseball A catcher.
Something that supports or bolsters.

tr.v. back·stopped, back·stop·ping, back·stops

To serve as a backstop for.
1. To support or bolster: "The firm lacks a topflight strategic-consulting arm to backstop its technology gurus" (Alex Beam).
2. To substitute for (another) in an emergency.

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