Back and Prefer

Back

Back verb - To promote the interests or cause of.

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Prefer and back are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prefer" instead a verb "Back".

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

Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.

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Back and prefer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Back" instead a verb "Prefer".

To say nothing of Brock Lesnar - the Authority don't like Lesnar or his advocate Paul Heyman and would much prefer the champion of the company was in their back pocket, but Brock was clearly a neccessary evil to get the WWE World Heavyweight title away from John Cena.

Source: Wrestling / The Authority
Gameplay and Story Integration Bogleech: Some people prefer when it's just a story they can read and some people prefer the interactivity, so I'll probably always jump back and forth between the two.

Source: Webcomic / Awful Hospital
Instead, Kirk is demoted from Admiral back down to Captain, a role both he and his superiors prefer him in.

Source: Promotion, Not Punishment

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