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"back-up option" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to a secondary or alternative plan or choice that can be used in case the first option fails or is not available. You can use the phrase "back-up option" in situations where you want to communicate that you have a contingency plan or alternative solution in place. For example: - "We have a back-up option in case the main server crashes." - "If the weather doesn't cooperate, we have a back-up option for an indoor venue." - "My first choice for a vacation destination fell through, but I have a back-up option in mind." - "I always like to have a back-up option when I'm making important decisions."
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Roma's Pablo Osvaldo is considered a useful back-up option.
Court records from last year suggest that Texas is, or at least was, in possession of propofol, midazolam and hydromorphone, presumably as a back-up option to pentobarbital.
The Evening Standard has reported that talks are ongoing between the north London club and Julian Draxler of Schalke, while the Gunners are also negotiating a loan move for Juventus striker Mirko Vucinic as a back-up option.
She fancied taking up acting but her father cautioned her that she would be as poor as a church mouse unless she made it in Hollywood, so it might be best if she considered a back-up option.
The president, Rafael Correa, and other government representatives consistently maintained "plan B" was a back-up option in case insufficient compensation was raised – and that it concerned the Tiputini and Tambococha fields only, not Ishpingo.
Likely fit for: A mid-table Premier League team in need of a prolific presence up front – or even a financially reasonable back-up option for one of the bigger teams.
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I can't help wincing and probing him on his back-up options.
If fit and firing, he suddenly becomes the handiest of back-up options for Johnson, Harris and Siddle.
Data back-up options range from online, cloud-based storage services, to USB drives or external hard drives".
He was replaced by Rafael Camacho, who joined Curtis Jones among the 17-year-old back-up options available to Klopp.
And some finance majors shut out of Wall Street jobs have accepted back-up options, often lesser banks in smaller cities.
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