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backstopsverbpresent tense third-person singular of backstop to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an endthe Nobel-winning geneticist was of course backstopped in his research by a team of highly talented assistants abets, aids, assists, backs, 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 |