Back and Favor

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Back verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

Usage example: a number of influential people have already agreed to back the candidate

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Favor is a synonym for back in support topic. In some cases you can use "Favor" instead a verb "Back".

Nearby Words: backward, backing, backed, backside, backwards

Favor verb - To have a favorable opinion of.

Usage example: if this measure will reduce our property taxes, then I favor it

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Back is a synonym for favor in prefer topic. Sometimes you can use "Back" instead a verb "Favor".

Nearby Words: favored, favoring, favorer

The player character will also owe Death a favour, but nothing has come out of that yet... Death Is Not Permanent: Death's quota is always full, and will bring the Chosen back to life for a favor.

Source: Video Game / AdventureQuest
At the end, Alice is back at court, back in the king's favor (having decided to be much more agreeable and never contradict the king) and is finally profiting from being the king's mistress.

Source: Broken Aesop / Literature
Game-Over Man: Death shows up when the player character dies, but tells you he's over his quota and sends you back to town owing him a favor.

Source: Video Game / AdventureQuest

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