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the backstop
noun
A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
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"And stand behind the backstop".
Carpenter was shoved into the backstop screen.
But I'm the backstop at the end".
The backstop should be a nonreflective surface.
Some fastballs sailed high, into the backstop.
Four more pitches to the backstop followed.
One warm-up pitch rocketed into the backstop.
Instead, the pitch bounced to the backstop and Ross scored.
How would you define when the backstop is triggered?
The backstop will be unusually costly because of market conditions.
"You don't see him throwing balls back to the backstop.
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