How to pronounce“backstop”in English
verbdecision is taken by the UK and clearly that's the problem with the with the
backstop it you know it basically leaves the decision-making up to up to Brussels
that what you're proposing we're giving more Paris torment for example that's been talked about a lot that the Northern Irish Assembly might be given a
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Definitions of “backstop”
An object or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
“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.”
To serve as backstop for.
To bolster, support.
“Russia signalled on Monday it would backstop the European Union's bailout of Cyprus despite anger that the weekend rescue deal would impose heavy losses on uninsured depositors, many of them Russian.”