Back
Back verb - To promote the interests or cause of.
Cope
Cope verb - To meet one's day-to-day needs.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- By the end Warlock not being able to cope with events that transpired in the real world, flies back in the anomaly and goes back to fighting obliviously in the loop, presumably forever.
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Watson has been trying to get Holmes back into the violin as a way to help him cope with his addiction.
Source: World's Smallest Violin -
With that, it can be assumed that he's the "smokes to calm his nerves" type, or having fallen back into old habits to help cope with the loss of his team.
Source: Smoking Is Cool
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