backstop

suomi-englanti sanakirja

backstop englannista suomeksi

1. takakentän aita

2. vaste, rajoitin

3. sieppari

4. pelata takakentällä

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backstop englanniksi

1. A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.

(cot)

2. A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.

3. ''The Express'', 7 June 2018

Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar, this morning, said a time-limited backstop would be unacceptable, and has previously promised to vote down the UK’s Brexit withdrawal deal unless it features a satisfactory backstop.

4. ''The Irish Times'', 17 November 2018

"The 2½ years since have been about hammering home these points in any European capital that would listen. And in spite of capacity-sapping talks on the first point – Brexit, border and backstop – the Department of Foreign Affairs and other government departments have been working quietly to make good on the second.

5. A wall or fence behind plate.

6. A catcher; the position of catcher.

7. (quote-book)|passage=Bench may be the greatest catcher subjectively, but he's not statistically. Statwise, Yogi Berra is the all-time backstop, regardless of which measure you prefer. Berra's Total-Z is one-third of a standard deviation higher than Bench's, and his Core-Z average is a point better.

8. The player who stands immediately behind the striking base.

9. The longstop.

10. The wicket-keeper.

11. Something serving to bolster or support a story etc.

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14. To serve as backstop for.

15. To bolster, support.

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