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fall back
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Princeton's WordNet
fall backverb
fall backwards and down
lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behindverb
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
fall backverb
move back and away from
"The enemy fell back"
fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recedeverb
retreat
fall back, resort, recurverb
have recourse to
"The government resorted to rationing meat"
relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall backverb
go back to bad behavior
"Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
Wiktionary
fall backverb
To retreat.
Wikipedia
fall back
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fall back
Fall back generally means to retreat or to withdraw. In various contexts, it can also mean relying on something for support or emergency aid, to return to a former behavior out of comfort or safety, or to revert to a previously established status.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fall back in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fall back in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of fall back in a Sentence
If you have a fallback plan, you will fall back.
Being a former athlete, I just realized that the industry could do a better job of providing guidance to our high net-worth individuals, especially our athletes, and using our platform to help with financial decisions, i made a ton of money; that didn’t make me an expert in money. So, I went back to school, I educated myself. But, I do feel like our advisors at our firm should have an obligation to teach as they go, teach our athletes to understand what their finances are, and make sure that they have a legacy to fall back on when their playing days are over.
We can not secure zones that fall back into instability because states decide not to take their own responsibility. It's impossible.
It's nice to have money to fall back on for the inevitable rainy day.
I believe that the great Creator has put ores and oil on this earth to give us a breathing spell. As we exhaust them, we must be prepared to fall back on our farms, which is God's true storehouse and can never be exhausted. We can learn to synthesize material for every human need from things that grow.
Translations for fall back
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- se rabattre, se replierFrench
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