Back
Back verb - To promote the interests or cause of.
Usage example: she enthusiastically backed the plan to renovate and upgrade the school's facilities
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Snake's willingness to fight in spite of his advanced physical age isn't solely depicted as being admirable but also as being foolish and suicidal, people who idolized Snake back in the day patronize him and treat him as a burden, and in general Snake's age is the subject of cruel jokes.
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Gray Rain of Depression: As Charlie stands guard in the trench during a torrential rainstorm, he thinks about life back home and the bar he used to patronize.
Source: Film / Shoulder Arms
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