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. 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.

3. Raj Dasgupta:

   It's important not to get worked up about one bad night's sleep because anxiety itself makes it difficult to fall back asleep.

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. 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.

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