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backsnounpl. of back a behind part or surfacethe back of the page was blank rears, reverses, tails faces, foreheads, foreparts, fronts a vulnerable pointa candidate needing a loyal aide who can be relied upon to always watch his back backsverbpresent tense third-person singular of backto promote the interests or cause ofshe enthusiastically backed the plan to renovate and upgrade the school's facilities advocates, champions, endorses(also indorses), patronizes, plumps (for), plunks (for)or plonks (for), supports adopts, embraces, espousesabets, aids, assists, helps, props (up), seconds, sides (with)backstops, bolsters, boosts, buttresses, reinforces(also reenforces)advances, forwards, furthersplugs, preaches, talks upbails out, delivers, rescues, saves goes in for, goes to bat for, holds a brief for, stands up for, sticks up for baffles, foils, frustrates, interferes, opposes, sabotages, thwartsdeserts, disappoints, fails, lets down to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an enda number of influential people have already agreed to back the candidate abets, aids, assists, backstops, helps, props (up), supports advances, eases, facilitates, forwards, fosters, furthers, launcheschampions, endorses(also indorses), patronizes, promotes, sponsorsattends, cares (for), comforts, ministers (to), succorssustainsbolsters, boosts, buttresses, reinforces(also reenforces)advises, counsels, guides, mentors, nurturesbails out, delivers, rescues, savesemboldens, encourages, heartensbenefits, favors, obliges, profits, serves bears a hand, stands one in good stead hinders balks, bars, blocks, constrains, hampers, handicaps, holds back, impedes, inhibits, obstructs, restrains, stranglesbaffles, foils, frustrates, inconveniences, interferes, opposes, sabotages, thwartsdeserts, disappoints, fails, lets downdiscourages, disheartensrepresses, retards, stifles, straitens, stuntsdamages, harms, hurts, injures to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)the author needs to back her thesis with more facts bolsters, buttresses, corroborates, reinforces(also reenforces), shores (up), substantiates, supports confirms, establishes, proves, verifiesaffirms, avouches, validates undercuts, undermines, weakens |