Backed and Set

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Backed adjective - Having a back or backing, usually of a specified type.

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Set and backed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Set" instead a verb "Backed".

Nearby Words: back, backing, backer

Set verb - To cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop.

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Backed and set are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Backed" instead a verb "Set".

Nearby Words: setup, setting

A set of Lingo episodes with a Hawaiian trip up for grabs were supposed to air in 2005, but canned because the sponsor backed out at the last second.

Source: Missing Episode / Game Shows
And also backed up with the titular song, set to an electronic Russian folk-esque tune, sung by an all male chorus with a highly repetitive riff and nonsensical verses.

Source: Web Animation / Russian Dancing Men
The now-defunct cable network Trio was set to rerun the show during the Turn of the Millennium as part of its "Flops" block (which also reran Cop Rock, Pink Lady and Jeff and My Mother the Car), but backed out due to the show's Unfortunate Implications.

Source: Series / The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer

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