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fallback
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fallback has 1 sense
- fallback(n = noun.act) disengagement, pullout - to break off a military action with an enemy; Array is a kind of retreat
Derived form verb fall back3
CIDE DICTIONARY
fallback, n.
- The act or process of falling back. [PJC]
- Something or someone to which one resorts as an alternative to a failed resource or method. [PJC]
THESAURUS
fallback
avoidance, cringe, disengagement, dodge, duck, evasion, flinch, pullback, pullout, recoil, reculade, retirement, retreat, shy, sidestep, sidestepping, wince, withdrawal, withdrawment
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