Antonyms for fall backfall back

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1. fall backverb

   Synonyms:
   ebb away, ebb, recede, retreat

2. fall backverb

   To retreat.

   Synonyms:
   retreat, ebb, ebb away, recede

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1. fall backverb

   fall backwards and down

   Antonyms:
   pull ahead, advance, get ahead, make headway, gain, win, gain ground

   Synonyms:
   lose, resort, recede, retrogress, fall behind, drop off, recidivate, regress, dawdle, lag, lapse, relapse, recur

2. lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behindverb

   hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

   Antonyms:
   make headway, advance, pull ahead, get ahead, win, gain ground, gain

   Synonyms:
   lag, immure, recur, incarcerate, relapse, retrogress, dally, linger, lapse, remand, regress, imprison, jug, dawdle, fall behind, put behind bars, lose, gaol, jail, resort, recede, drop off, put away, recidivate

3. fall backverb

   move back and away from

   "The enemy fell back"

   Antonyms:
   advance, gain, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, gain ground, win

   Synonyms:
   lose, resort, recede, retrogress, fall behind, drop off, recidivate, regress, dawdle, lag, lapse, relapse, recur

4. fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recedeverb

   retreat

   Antonyms:
   gain ground, win, make headway, get ahead, gain, advance, pull ahead

   Synonyms:
   unload, fall asleep, misplace, lose, draw back, mislay, drop off, retire, withdraw, retreat, turn a loss, lapse, fall away, drift off, dope off, relapse, recidivate, dawdle, pull away, drop away, recur, fall behind, resort, set down, recede, put down, doze off, move back, nod off, regress, drop, suffer, discharge, miss, drowse off, retrogress, lag, pull back, slip, flake out

5. fall back, resort, recurverb

   have recourse to

   "The government resorted to rationing meat"

   Antonyms:
   gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, advance, win, gain

   Synonyms:
   lag, repeat, lapse, recidivate, retrogress, fall behind, regress, go back, drop off, lose, dawdle, resort, recur, recede, relapse, repair

6. relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall backverb

   go back to bad behavior

   "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

   Antonyms:
   advance, win, gain ground, get ahead, pull ahead, make headway, gain

   Synonyms:
   go along, lapse, slip away, recidivate, backslide, retrogress, lag, retrovert, regress, elapse, dawdle, revert, fall behind, sink, lose, glide by, retrograde, resort, pass, return, slide by, recede, drop off, relapse, slip by, go by, get worse, recur, turn back

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1. fall back

   Synonyms:
   recede, retreat, retire, withdraw

How to use fall back in a sentence?

1. Susan Clayton:

   If you have even fewer resources to fall back on.

2. Karen Richon:

   Think about throwing a ball straight up in the air, as hard as you can ; it starts out very fast, but slows down as gravity pulls it back towards Earth, eventually stopping at its peak and then returning to the ground, just like the ball, James Webb is slowing down, and, if we allowed it, would eventually stop and fall back towards Earth.

3. David Amadia:

   That's become the fall-back for wineries.

4. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier:

   We in Europe bear a joint responsibility for ensuring that we do not fall back into a nationalism of single states.

5. John Cornyn:

   One thing I hope does not happen is that the various parties sort of fall back into their typical talking points.

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