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backbone
Noun
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The backbone is the bones in a person's or animal's back.
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or If you have backbone, you do not back down easily. You stand up for yourself.
If you had any backbone you wouldn't let people tell you what to do all the time.
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The backbone of something is what holds it together or makes it strong.
Customer service is the backbone of our business.
route
Noun
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A route is the way someone goes from one place to another place.
Could you tell me a route to the store from here?
The road was rough. I should have taken a different route.
route
Verb
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To send something or someone on a specific route.
While the road was being fixed, the workers routed the cars along a different road.
This computer routes email to the main computer.