Backup and Hope

Backup

Backup noun - A crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement.

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Hope and backup are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hope" instead a noun "Backup".

Nearby Word: backing

Hope noun - The general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled.

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Backup and hope are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Backup" instead a noun "Hope".

human	human backup	human hope
old	old backup	old hope
good	good backup	good hope
complete	complete backup	complete hope
Other adjectives: solid, single, little, main, possible, last.

You're telling me you don't have a backup plan, that these eight boy scouts right here, that is the world's hope, that's what you're telling me?

Source: Film / Armageddon
Hope you didn't save in the mine by the way (or have a backup save if you did), as you can't get out without killing Qudamah.

Source: Wake-Up Call Boss
This also pre-emptively throws a wrench into her backup plan to destroy the satellite in the hope that the program wouldn't be able to run without it.

Source: Manga / A Certain Scientific Railgun

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