Backup
Backup noun - A crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement.
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Synonyms for Backup
Favor and backup are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Favor" instead a noun "Backup".
Nearby Word: backing
Favor
Favor noun - An act of kind assistance.
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Both words in one sentence
- And by Breaking Dawn, the Cullens have agreed that they need backup if the Volturi are coming to get their murder on, so they call in every favor they have with the other vampires.
Source: Protagonist-Centered Morality - In Dreamgirls, Effie White is the lead singer and most talented member of the Dreams, but their corrupt manager Curtis demotes her to backup singer in favor of Deena Jones, who is more marketable.
Source: Undermined by Reality - Then, two years later, he plays an abysmal injury plagued regular season, gets benched in favor of his backup and somehow still makes it to the Super Bowl which his defense wins for him (though he did not make any major mistake and Cam Newton did not look good in the game either).
Source: Broken Base / Sports
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