fall back

fall back
Synonyms and related words:
avoid, back, back down, back out, back up, backslide, beat a retreat, blench, blink, come after, come last, cringe, degenerate, deteriorate, disengage, disimprove, dodge, draw back, draw off, duck, evade, fade, fall, fall again into, fall astern, fall behind, fall from grace, flinch, follow, get worse, give back, give ground, give place, go back, go backwards, grow worse, hang back, have a relapse, jib, lag behind, lapse, lapse back, let down, move back, pull back, pull out, quail, recidivate, recoil, recur to, reel back, regress, relapse, retire, retract, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, retrogress, return to, revert, revert to, run back, sheer off, shrink, shrink back, shy, sicken, sidestep, sink back, slacken, slide back, slip back, stand back, start aside, start back, swerve, trail, trail behind, turn aside, weasel, weasel out, wince, withdraw, worsen, yield again to

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  • fall back — {v.} To move back; go back. Usually used with a group as subject. * /The army fell back before their stubborn enemies./ * /The crowd around the hurt boy fell back when someone shouted Give him air! / Compare: DROP BACK, GIVE WAY …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • fall back — {v.} To move back; go back. Usually used with a group as subject. * /The army fell back before their stubborn enemies./ * /The crowd around the hurt boy fell back when someone shouted Give him air! / Compare: DROP BACK, GIVE WAY …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • fall back on — or[fall back upon] v. 1. To retreat to. * /The enemy made a strong attack, and the soldiers fell back on the fort./ 2. To go for help to; turn to in time of need. * /When the big bills for Mother s hospital care came, Joe was glad he had money in …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • fall back on — or[fall back upon] v. 1. To retreat to. * /The enemy made a strong attack, and the soldiers fell back on the fort./ 2. To go for help to; turn to in time of need. * /When the big bills for Mother s hospital care came, Joe was glad he had money in …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • fall back on — or fall back upon phrasal to have recourse to < had to fall back on their reserves > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Fall back and forward — Fall back is a feature of a modem protocol in data communication whereby two communicating modems which experience data corruption (due to line noise, for example) can renegotiate with each other to use a lower speed connection. Fall forward is a …   Wikipedia

  • Fall Back Down — Infobox Single Name=Fall Back Down Artist=Rancid from Album=Indestructible Released=2003 Format= Recorded= Genre=Punk rock Length=3:44 Label=Epitaph Records Writer=Tim ArmstrongLars Frederiksen Producer= Chart position=US Modern Rock #13 Reviews …   Wikipedia

  • Fall Back Open — Infobox Album Name = Fall Back Open Type = Album Artist = Now It s Overhead Background = orange Released = March 9, 2004 Recorded = Genre = Indie rock Length = 39:33 Label = Saddle Creek Records Producer = Andy LeMaster Reviews = *Allmusic… …   Wikipedia

  • Fall Back into My Life — Infobox Single Name = Fall Back into My Life Artist = Amber Pacific from Album = Truth in Sincerity Released = May 22, 2007 Format = CD Single Genre = Pop punk Length = 3:29 Label = Hopeless Last single = This single = Fall Back into My Life… …   Wikipedia

  • fall back upon — phrasal see fall back on …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • To fall back — Fall Fall (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell} (f[e^]l); p. p. {Fallen} (f[add]l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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