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Definition of 'drop back'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) drop back
take position in the rear, as in a military formation or in the line of scrimmage in football
"The defender dropped back behind his teammate"

2. (verb) drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back
to lag or linger behind
"But in so many other areas we still are dragging"

Translation of 'drop back'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to slow down; to fall behind I was at the front of the crowd but I dropped back to speak to Bill.
Afrikaans: terugval	Arabic: يَتأخَّر، يَتَباطَأ	Bulgarian: изоставам
Brazilian: ficar para trás	Czech: vrátit se	German: zurückbleiben
Danish: sakke agterud	Greek: μένω πίσω	Spanish: quedarse atrás
Estonian: käiku aeglustama	Farsi: به عقب رفتن	Finnish: jäädä jälkeen
French: se laisser distancer	Hebrew: לְפָגֵר מְאָחוֹר	Hindi: पीछे हटना
Croatian: zaostati	Hungarian: lemarad	Indonesian: melambatkan jalan
Icelandic: dragast afturúr	Italian: rimanere indietro	Japanese: 遅れる
Korean: 뒤로 밀리다	Lithuanian: atsilikti	Latvian: atpalikt
Malay: melambatkan jalan	Dutch: terugvallen	Norwegian: sakke bakut
Polish: zostać w tyle, zwolnić	Persian: به عقب رفتن	Pashto: په شا تلل
Portuguese: ficar para trás	Romanian: aîncetini; a rămâne în ur	Russian: отставать
Slovak: vrátiť sa dozadu	Slovenian: pustiti se prehiteti	Serbian: usporiti
Swedish: sakta ner, falla tillbaka	Thai: ล้าหลัง	Turkish: geri/arkada kalmak
Taiwanese: 慢下來，落後	Ukrainian: відходити	Urdu: دھیرے ہو جانا
Vietnamese: tụt lại	Chinese: 落后
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