fall back English

Meaning fall back meaning

What does fall back mean?

fall back

— verb move back and away from The enemy fell back

— verb fall backwards and down

— verb (= fall behind) hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc

— verb retreat

— verb (= resort) have recourse to The government resorted to rationing meat

— verb (= recidivate) go back to bad behavior Those who recidivate are often minor criminals

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fall back English » English

retreat

fall behind

regress

recede

withdraw

retrogress

lag

step back

resort

drop off

drop behind

draw back

back up

yield

walk back

retrograde

retire

relapse

recur

recidivate

pull back

lose

lapse

go backward

go back

get behind

flinch

drop back

drag

delay

dawdle

climb down

blench

backslide

back down

back away

back

walk backwards

violate

unseat

turn down

subside

subduce

stray

step aside

sink back

shrink

shelve

set back

reversionary

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News and current affairs

If foreign financing is not forthcoming, yields on US government debt will rise and the US economy will fall back into recession.

The question now is whether governments will give Judge Goldstone's findings the serious attention they deserve, or instead fall back into an overtly political posture.