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  1. fall-backnoun

    A variant form of fallback.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fall-back in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fall-back in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of fall-back in a Sentence

  1. Nedra Carroll:

    If you have a fallback plan, you will fall back.

  2. Wayne Kaufman:

    Everyone is surprised, and I'm definitely pleased, how can inflation be so low when GDP is so high? Either this is just a one-off and GDP will fall back dramatically, or we'll see a pickup in inflation, which could put more pressure on the Fed.

  3. George Washington Carver:

    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.

  4. 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.

  5. Karen Richon:

    Think about throwing a ball straight up in the air, as hard as you can ; it starts out very fast, but slows down as gravity pulls it back towards Earth, eventually stopping at its peak and then returning to the ground, just like the ball, James Webb is slowing down, and, if we allowed it, would eventually stop and fall back towards Earth.

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