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fall 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

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

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

  2. lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behindverb

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

    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

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

  3. fall backverb

    move back and away from

    "The enemy fell back"

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

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

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

    retreat

    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

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

  5. fall back, resort, recurverb

    have recourse to

    "The government resorted to rationing meat"

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

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

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

    go back to bad behavior

    "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

    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

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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. fall back

    Synonyms:
    recede, retreat, give way

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  1. fall back

    Synonyms:
    recede, retreat, retire, withdraw

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How to use fall back in a sentence?

  1. Wayne Kaufman:

    Everyone is surprised, and I'm definitely pleased, but the question is, how can inflation be so low when GDP is so high? Either this is just a one-off and GDP will fall back dramatically, or we'll see a pickup in inflation, which could put more pressure on the Fed.

  2. Leon Trotsky:

    The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.

  3. Francis Cardinal George, OMI:

    The God who is Lord of the universe, the personal God who created and sustains our world so that it does not fall back into nothingness, the God who saves us through the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, seeks to be the center of each and every human life.

  4. Gary Kelly:

    We're at a breaking point, where we're at today is not sustainable. They need to hire more, to have more staff to fall back on.

  5. Kay Cola:

    Should anything happen to my business in the future, I will have a lot of wealth in the handbags to fall back on.


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