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

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1. • Follow
   • Lean Back
   • Recede
   • Revert
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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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How to use fall back in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Giri Cherukuri:

   There was a bit more optimism this morning and then just a general fall-back as the day went on.

3. 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.

4. William Bauer:

   It's nice to have money to fall back on for the inevitable rainy day.

5. William Temple:

   Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows shot up into the air at no target: and with no purpose they only fall back upon our own heads and destroy ourselves.