backup plan

collocation in English

meaningsofbackupandplan

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backup
adjective[only before noun]
uk
/ˈbæk.ʌp/us
/ˈbæk.ʌp/
supporting the main singer, performer, ...
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plan
noun
uk
/plæn/us
/plæn/
a set of decisions about how to do something in ...
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(Definition ofbackupandplanfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Clark disputes that assertion, claiming that it was abackupplanthat they practiced many times.
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The airline had not made any backup plans for its booked passengers.
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He was used as abackupplanwhen the remaining members of the gang failed to accomplish their mission.
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Dirnt, however, worried that he needed abackupplanand continued his studies.
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The team's laptop computer failed and the club was unprepared with abackupplan, and picked several ineligible players.
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It can be regarded as abackupplanor redundancy built into the body.
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Harnesses can be a great tool when used properly as a rarely usedbackupplanto keep the bird safe.
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It's abackupplanto make sure there will always be funds to help these families.
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Single parents will typically only have their own income to live off of, and thus might not have abackupplanfor potential children in case something happens to them.
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You want to get it up there at the right time and have the rightbackupplanto sustain it with updates and further press he said.
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Chase is affronted, responding that he is certain of their future, and does not like the idea of her having abackupplanfor their marriage.
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Tresckow, however, had abackupplan.
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I always have abackupplan...
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