Synonyms for backstop
ˈbækˌstɒpback·stop

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1. catcher, backstopnoun

   (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher

   Synonyms:
   catcher

2. backstopnoun

   (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field

   Synonyms:
   catcher

3. backstopverb

   a precaution in case of an emergency

   "he acted as a backstop in case anything went wrong"

   Synonyms:
   catcher

4. backstopverb

   act as a backstop

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1. • Baseball
   • Fence
   • Infielder
   • Play

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1. Nigel Dodds:

   We welcome the Prime Minister's commitment to ensuring that the Brexit deal in no way weakens the United Kingdom, but it is also vitally important that the EU's interpretation of the backstop is rejected and ensure there is no border down the Irish sea.

2. Claudia Sahm:

   It's kind of a backstop, for a lot of Americans, that's more of a financial buffer than they have. People will notice it.

3. Simon Coveney:

   In the next two weeks, we need to see written proposals. It needs to happen two weeks from the summit, if there is no progress on the backstop, we are in for an uncertain summer. At this point we need written proposals on the Irish backstop consistent with what was agreed. We await written proposals from the British side.

4. Stephen Barclay:

   The key issue is the principle of consent, that's why the backstop was rejected three times, that was the concern in terms of both sides in Northern Ireland not approving of the backstop, so the key is the principle of consent, now of course in the mechanism, as part of the intensive negotiations we could look at that and discuss that.

5. Philip Hammond:

   The pivot from demanding changes to the( Irish) backstop to demanding its total removal is a pivot from a tough negotiating stance to a wrecking one, the unelected people who pull the strings of this government know that this is a demand the EU can not, and will not, accede to.