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Verb fall back has 6 senses

• fall back(v = verb.motion) Array - fall backwards and down; Array
is one way to lean back, recline
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

• fall back(v = verb.motion) dawdle, fall behind, lag - hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.; Array
is one way to follow
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

• fall back(v = verb.motion) Array - move back and away from; "The enemy fell back"
is one way to draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw
Derived form noun fallback₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

• fall back(v = verb.competition) drop off, fall behind, lose, recede - retreat; Array
is one way to regress, retrograde, retrogress
Antonym: gain
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

• fall back(v = verb.social) recur, resort - have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"
is one way to apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• fall back(v = verb.body) lapse, recidivate, regress, relapse, retrogress - go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
is one way to regress, retrovert, return, revert, turn back
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

THESAURUS

fall back

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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Relapse

VB relapse, lapse, fall back, slide back, sink back, return, retrograde, recidivate, fall off again.

Regression

VB recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire, retrograde, retrocede, back out, back down, balk, crawfish, crawl, withdraw, rebound, go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back, lose ground, fall astern, drop astern, backwater, put about, backtrack, take the back track, veer round, double, wheel, countermarch, ebb, regurgitate, jib, shrink, shy, turn tail, turn round, turn upon one's heel, turn one's back upon, retrace one's steps, dance the back step, sound a retreat, beat a retreat, go home.

Recession

VB recede, go, move back, move from, retire, withdraw, shrink, back off, come away, move away, back away, go away, get away, drift away, depart, retreat, move off, stand off, sheer off, fall back, stand aside, run away, remove, shunt, distance.

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