Fall Back Synonyms and Antonyms

Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. lag
  2. resort
  3. dawdle
  4. fall-behind
  5. recur

Words Related to Fall Back

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. retreat
  2. fall
  3. default
  4. SO_LINGER
  5. slip back
  6. drop-back
  7. move back
  8. sink back
  9. falling back
  10. fallback
  11. fail-safe

Fall Back Sentence Examples

  • It was time to fall back and rebuild another.

  • It had a stiff fight on the 23rd of April and was obliged to fall back.

  • He smiled at her, understanding what it was to mourn the loss of a sibling.  As much as he missed Jade, he was glad he at least had Hannah to fall back on.  She had Katie's beauty – without the abrasive personality.

  • Avoiding the artificial restraints of civilization, they were prone to fall back into animalism pure and simple.

  • We have already seen that De Blainville, though fully persuaded of the great value of sternal features as a method of classification, had been compelled to fall back upon the old pedal characters so often employed before; but now the scholar had learnt to excel his teacher, and not only to form an at least provisional arrangement of the various members of the Class, based on sternal characters, but to describe these characters at some length, and so give a reason for the faith that was in him.

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