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to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end
- the Nobel-winning geneticist was of course backstopped in his research by a team of highly talented assistants
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“Backstop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backstop. Accessed 22 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of backstop was in 1819
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