Synonym: dawdle, drop off, fall behind, lag, lapse, lose, recede, recidivate, recur, regress, relapse, resort, retire, retrogress. Similar words: fallback, fall back on, call back, roll back, back to back, back-to-back, backpack, fall behind. Meaning: v. 1. fall backwards and down 2. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. 3. move back and away from 4. retreat 5. have recourse to 6. go back to bad behavior.
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(1) Doctors sometimes fall back on old cures.
(2) When the business failed, we had to fall back on our savings.
(3) You can always fall back on him when you are in difficulties.
(4) He could always fall back on his old jokes.
(5) They watched the kite fall back to earth.
(6) Price will never fall back.
(7) He yelled for his men to fall back.
(8) She has no relatives to fall back on.
(9) I must fall back upon what I said previously.
(10) At least we can fall back on candles if the electricity fails.
(11) The battle is going badly for us,(sentencedict.com)we'd better fall back on the town in the hills.
(12) Where negotiation fails, they must fall back on the law.
(13) He has her support to fall back on when the going gets tough.
(14) Inflation could fall back into single figures as early as this month.
(15) We had centuries of contacts to fall back on.
(16) I've got to have something to fall back on.
(17) It can just as easily fall back into anti-feminism.
(18) Without Rice to fall back on like a feather bed of dreams, the 49ers made the transition from specificity to diversity.
(19) She's completely homeless at least I have my parents to fall back on.
(20) If I lose my job, I'll have nothing to fall back on.
(21) I have a little money in the bank to fall back on.
(22) When necessary, instinct is the most reliable resource you can fall back on. Sentencedict.com
(23) Once he made a promise of help,he would never fall back.
(24) Our attack was so vigorous that the enemy had to fall back to the river bank.
(25) If Mr. Jones can't find a job as a teacher, he can fall back on his skill as a printer.
(26) It's very hard if you have no family to fall back on.
(27) In less than a year I would reach retirement age and I had nothing to fall back on.
(28) There will be no chain of command among the prison population to fall back on.
(29) The transition back to work is easier, however, if individuals have worked previously and have skills to fall back on.
(30) The only way to deal with him was to fall back on the technique that had always served her best.
More similar words: fallback, fall back on, call back, roll back, back to back, back-to-back, backpack, fall behind, back, aback, back off, back out, back up, go back, backup, back on, outback, back of, get back, cut back, backwash, back away, backbone, come back, hold back, backlog, back down, pay back, win back, set back.