Back and Spur

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Back

Back verb - To promote the interests or cause of.
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Spur and back are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spur" instead a verb "Back".
Nearby Words: backward, backing, backed, backside, backwards

Spur

Spur verb - To urge or push forward with or as if with a pointed object.
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Back and spur are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Back" instead a verb "Spur".
Nearby Words: spurn, spurt, spurred, spurring

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How words are described

short short back short spur
single single back single spur
big big back big spur
little little back little spur

Common collocations

people back people spur people
claim back claim spur claim
memory back memory spur memory
war back war spur war
Other words: enemy, son.

Both words in one sentence

  • It can also be used after a Face–Heel Turn to spur the villain's former comrades into finally acting against him instead of trying to get him back on their side.
    Source: Dead Serious
  • Apparently, their colleague getting stabbed in the back (metaphorically) and shot in the ass (literally) isn't enough to spur them to action.
    Source: Schrödinger's Player Character
  • It was a spur-of-the-moment idea, and he only stuck with it long enough to get into a better position to fight back.
    Source: Fake Defector
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