Synonyms for fall back
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

Matched Categories

1. • Follow
   • Lean Back
   • Recede
   • Revert
   • Use

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1. fall back

   Synonyms:
   recede, retreat, give way

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1. fall back

   Synonyms:
   recede, retreat, retire, withdraw

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1. Adewale Ogunleye:

   Being a former athlete, I just realized that the industry could do a better job of providing guidance to our high net-worth individuals, especially our athletes, and using our platform to help with financial decisions, i made a ton of money; that didn’t make me an expert in money. So, I went back to school, I educated myself. But, I do feel like our advisors at our firm should have an obligation to teach as they go, teach our athletes to understand what their finances are, and make sure that they have a legacy to fall back on when their playing days are over.

2. Emmanuel Macron:

   We can not secure zones that fall back into instability because states decide not to take their own responsibility. It's impossible.

3. David Amadia:

   That's become the fall-back for wineries.

4. 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.

5. Sunny Hostin:

   Democrats seem to always fall back on decency, you know the old Michelle Obama,' When they go low, we go high.