Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To serve as backstop for.

    act as a backstop

  2. (transitive)To bolster, support.

    Rückendeckung geben

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
support:

Origin

From back + stop.

From back + stop.

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Forms

backstops, backstopping, backstopped, backstopped
Base formbackstop · to backstop
3rd person singularbackstops
Present participlebackstopping
Past simplebackstopped
Past participlebackstopped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybackstop
he, she, itbackstops

Past simpleLesson

all personsbackstopped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave backstopped
he, she, ithas backstopped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill backstop

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
backslidebackstagebackstreetbackstrokebacktrack
backstop — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto