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fall back
verb
1 fall back
2 fall back
Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc..
synonyms: dawdle, fall behind, lag.
Dutch: achterliggen, achterstaan
3 fall back
4 fall back
Retreat.
synonyms: drop off, fall behind, recede.
Roget 283:
recede,
regrade,
return,
revert,
retreat,
retire;
retrograde,
retrocede;
back out;
back down;
balk;
crawfish [U.S.],
crawl [Slang];
withdraw;
rebound
etc.
277;
go back,
come back,
turn back,
hark back,
draw back,
fall back,
get back,
put back,
run back;
lose ground;
fall astern,
drop astern;
backwater,
put about;
backtrack,
take the back track;
veer round;
double,
wheel,
countermarch;
ebb,
regurgitate;
jib,
shrink,
shy.
turn tail,
turn round,
turn upon one's heel,
turn one's back upon;
retrace one's steps,
dance the back step;
sound a retreat,
beat a retreat;
go home.
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Roget 287:
recede,
go,
move back,
move from,
retire;
withdraw,
shrink,
back off;
come away,
move away,
back away,
go away,
get away,
drift away;
depart
etc.
293;
retreat
etc.
283;
move off,
stand off,
sheer off;
fall back,
stand aside;
run away
etc.
(avoid)
623.
remove,
shunt,
distance.
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Dutch: terugvallen
5 fall back
6 fall back
Go back to bad behavior.
synonyms: lapse, recidivate, regress, relapse, retrogress.
Roget 661:
relapse,
lapse;
fall back,
slide back,
sink back;
return;
retrograde
etc.
283;
recidivate;
fall off again
etc.
659.
Dutch: geraken, raken, terugvallen, vervallen
Moby thesaurus: avoid, back, back down, back out, back up, backslide, beat a retreat, blench, blink, come after, come last, cringe, degenerate, deteriorate, disengage, disimprove, dodge, draw back, draw off, duck, evade, fade, fall, fall again into, fall astern, fall behind, fall from grace, flinch, follow, get worse, give back, give ground, give place, go back, go backwards, grow worse, hang back, have a relapse, jib, lag behind, lapse, lapse back, let down, move back, pull back, pull out, quail, recidivate, recoil, recur to, reel back, regress, relapse, retire, retract, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, retrogress, return to, revert, revert to, run back, sheer off, shrink, shrink back, shy, sicken, sidestep, sink back, slacken, slide back, slip back, stand back, start aside, start back, swerve, trail, trail behind, turn aside, weasel, weasel out, wince, withdraw, worsen, yield again to ... show more.
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