Antonyms for backstop
ˈbækˌstɒpback·stop

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1. • Baseball
   • Fence
   • Infielder
   • Play

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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

How to use backstop in a sentence?

1. Mohamed El-Erian:

   I suspect that any move in that direction would need to come with a massive fiscal backstop to protect the integrity of the Fed's balance sheets.

2. James Lankford:

   We ca n’t afford to ignore the debt and deficit issues, to me, the big issue is how are we dealing with debt and deficit, do we have realistic numbers and is there a backstop in the process just in case we don’t.

3. Stephen Barclay:

   The prize of a deal should focus the minds of both sides on this need for creativity and flexibility, so let's work creatively to secure a deal, a deal the UK is committed to get in, a deal without a backstop ... a deal which indeed will pass both the UK parliament and the European parliament.

4. Boris Johnson:

   Take out, excise, surgically remove the backstop, OK? thats the problem, thats the lobster pot, thats the trap that keeps us locked in the customs union and means we have this terrible Hobsons choice between, as it were, sacrificing Northern Ireland orremaining subject to the E.U. without having any say in the E.U.

5. Simon Coveney:

   If there are alternatives to the backstop that do the same job, well then let's hear them. And if we can work out a deal on that basis, so be it. But it's got to be credible.

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