Backstop and Help

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

Usage example: the Nobel-winning geneticist was of course backstopped in his research by a team of highly talented assistants

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Help and backstop are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Help" instead a verb "Backstop".

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

Usage example: offered to help her widowed father when he moved into an apartment

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Backstop and help are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Backstop" instead a verb "Help".

Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping

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