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What is another word for
fall back
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Verb
To go or move back or further away from a previous position
To fall or lag behind, especially in a game or contest
To move or turn back
To sink or slump into a sitting or lying position
To revert or relapse to a previous state or condition
To revert or relapse into a former (typically worse) state
To take back or renege on an initial statement or stance
Noun
That which has been saved over time, especially money
Someone or something that replaces or provides support to another
Adjective
Being in a backup or supporting role
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▲
Verb
▲
To go or move back or further away from a previous position
retreat
recede
retrocede
withdraw
ebb
retire
retrograde
back
recoil
back away
draw back
drop back
pull out
run away
go back
backtrack
backpedal
double back
move back
return
turn back
retrace your steps
flow back
turn tail
retract
fall away
regress
reverse
get back
go down
return to
go back to
back off
sink
retrogress
subside
move backwards
depart
come again
back up
go into reverse
get lower
back out
drive back
fall
abate
go away
come back
revisit
move further off
move backward
move away
draw away
go out
go backward
sink lower
go back over the same ground
flow out
retreat to
arrive back
arrive home
come home
hark back
recant
do a U-turn
do a volte-face
back down
drive backwards
do an about-turn
about-face
do an about-face
flow away
settle
more ❯
“After suffering three defeats in a row, the team had no choice but to
fall back
and reassess their strategies.”
Verb
▲
To fall or lag behind, especially in a game or contest
lag
fall behind
lag behind
drop behind
trail behind
hang back
not keep pace
hold back
lose ground
tarry
trail
drop back
be behind
stray
lose
be down
not keep up
be losing
dally
dawdle
linger
delay
loiter
crawl
dillydally
creep
diddle
drag
poke
mope
lollygag
lallygag
straggle
plod
dither
idle
bring up the rear
fall off
put off
slow up
drag your feet
move slowly
dilly-dally
drop
trudge
slouch
stagger
saunter
inch along
get no place fast
limp
tail
falter
stay
shilly-shally
slow down
drag behind
inch
shuffle
procrastinate
pause
hesitate
stall
take your time
hang around
take one's time
hang fire
wait
vacillate
mark time
hang about
nose
snail
temporize
US
ooze
waste time
temporise
UK
creak along
stay put
drag your heels
play for time
drift
mooch
loaf
droop
mosey
loll
trifle
bide
filibuster
go slowly
waver
kill time
hover
halt
hang round
be slow
warm a chair
potter around
potter about
potter round
be dilatory
sit around
wait around
goof off
put off doing something
use delaying tactics
hang out
fool around
hang on
play a waiting game
hold off
be indecisive
hum and haw
stroll
toddle
slack
fiddle
putter
bat
languish
moon
stooge
shirk
be long
be tardy
while away time
schlepp along
stonewall
be left behind
totter
draggle
slow-walk
buy time
horse around
let the grass grow under one's feet
goof around
lose time
limp along
creep along
hang heavy
wear on
advance slowly
adjourn
retard
defer
prolong
postpone
protract
haver
appear to pass slowly
demur
teeter
wabble
go on too long
go on and on
go at a snail's pace
swither
goldbrick
cool
scruple
wobble
become tedious
wander
kick the can down the road
postpone action
defer action
let something slide
take a raincheck
be undecided
suspend action
amble
meander
ramble
roam
rove
stay back
shy away
shrink back
stay in the background
be reluctant to come forward
range
potter
dangle
err
scramble
maunder
straddle
sag
poke along
walk slowly
poke around
string out
remain
diddle-daddle
hang down
fritter time away
shlep along
fritter away
scrounge around
sit on one's butt
bum around
stand
abide
stick
dwell
settle
rest
stop
hang
reside
await
lodge
keep on
perch
endure
remain behind
nest
be there
sweat it out
put down roots
continue
outstay
squat
sit tight
bunk
hold the fort
be present
establish yourself
be left
stick around
stay out
stay behind
roost
establish oneself
hold on
more ❯
“In the final minutes of the game, our team began to
fall back
, unable to keep up with the relentless pace of our opponents.”
Verb
▲
To move or turn back
retreat
withdraw
retire
flee
pull out
pull back
draw back
turn tail
back off
take flight
move away
beat a hasty retreat
beat a retreat
pull away
recoil
back away
recede
drop back
give ground
shrink
give way
back out
lose ground
shrink away
shy away
bolt
escape
vamoose
run away
split
take off
beat it
leave
run for it
clear out
move back
shrink back
skedaddle
run off
scram
scarper
disengage
decamp
peel out
cut and run
make off
leg it
balk
US
baulk
UK
fly
run
depart
skip off
quit
hook it
hightail it
cower
go away
straggle
retract
drop behind
regress
fall behind
evacuate
skidoo
vacate
levant
go
show a clean pair of heels
head for the hills
cut out
light out
do a runner
fly the coop
make a break for it
flinch
blench
bug out
make a quick exit
take a powder
do a fade
make a run for it
quail
grovel
make oneself scarce
step back
back down
draw away
do a bunk
cringe
go backward
distance oneself
resile
turn away
move out
rear back
drop out
crawfish
backpedal
hang back
squinch
spring back
refuse
start back
shudder
slink
wince
jump back
crouch
start
jerk back
reverse
take a hike
adjourn
get away
exit
betake oneself
take leave
shut oneself away
bail out
abstract oneself
take oneself
move out of
draw
retreat from
seclude oneself
absent yourself
retire from
blow
check out
repair
remove
bow out
go off
clear
get lost
run along
evade
break
fold
elude
abandon
go back
take to your heels
make a getaway
clear off
do a disappearing act
go through
shoot through
abscond
be gone
take it on the lam
disappear
scoot
make tracks
hightail
get out
vanish
break out of
scamper
lam
step on it
skip
cut loose
steal away
make quick exit
desert
run out on
do a moonlight flit
slope off
scatter
shun
dash off
have it away
have it away on one's toes
make your escape
hasten away
avoid
run from
hide
jump
get
hotfoot
step on the gas
flit
fly from
set off
set out
flee from
make an exit
run away from
fly away
bolt from
run scared
make a U-turn
desert under fire
turn around
cop out
make a dash for it
run like scared rabbit
kiss goodbye
ditch
spring
leave holding the bag
walk out on
leave high and dry
opt out
leave in the lurch
dump
leave flat
scurry
hustle
shake a leg
hasten
make haste
hurry up
scat
speed
race
expedite
zip
get a move on
dart
go like lightning
move fast
spur
dash
make time
move
rush
whiz
hurry
make a break
move along
bust
slip
make good one's escape
pass
take French leave
make a escape
go on the lam
break out
emerge
sneak away
get out of someone's clutches
do a vanishing act
get free
break loose
get off
wriggle out
take on the lam
break free
slip away
do a Skase
burst out
double
work out of
elope
play hooky
duck out
break away from
get away with
make
go scot-free
slip through your fingers
more ❯
“After realizing they were heading in the wrong direction, they decided to
fall back
and retrace their steps.”
Verb
▲
To sink or slump into a sitting or lying position
subside
sink
slump
flop
sag
slouch
loll
settle
collapse
flump
plonk oneself
plop oneself
fall
drop
tumble
bellyflop
slide
crumple
stumble
fall down
buckle
crater
go down
slip
droop
crumble
topple
plummet
plunge
trip
pitch
crash
founder
dive
nosedive
lower oneself
drop down
fall over
tip over
keel over
topple over
fall headlong
trip up
go belly up
take a header
hit the dirt
fold
descend
duck
plump oneself
plank oneself
stagger
fall flat
lurch
pratfall
cowp
face-plant
measure one's length
trip over
come a cropper
pitch forward
take a dive
go end over end
fall end over end
take a spill
go head over heels
fall head over heels
go headlong
tumble over
sit heavily
skid
go for six
prostrate oneself
fall in a heap
faint
plump
flop down
roll
keel
down
grabble
floor
pitch over
do a pratfall
knock down
bowl down
lose your footing
lose your balance
knock over
sprawl
take a nosedive
Verb
▲
To revert or relapse to a previous state or condition
go back to
lapse
degenerate
revert
relapse
deteriorate
worsen
regress
backslide
lapse into
slide back
return to
Verb
▲
To revert or relapse into a former (typically worse) state
backslide
relapse
regress
retrogress
revert
slip back
revert to a former state
revert to old habits
slip back to old ways
go back to your old ways
revert to one's bad habits
retrograde
lapse
recidivate
drift back
degenerate
fall
recede
return
slide back
go backwards
turn back
sink back
go back
decline
deteriorate
worsen
sink
ebb
decay
atrophy
slump
wane
crumble
devolve
drop
rot
descend
subside
retreat
retrocede
go downhill
get worse
fall off
go to pot
go to the dogs
fall away
lose ground
lose headway
turn the clock back
throw back
roll back
move back
fail
weaken
suffer
fade
be overtaken
be overcome
go back to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To take back or renege on an initial statement or stance
retract
recant
withdraw
repudiate
renounce
renege
abjure
repeal
forswear
reverse
unsay
disavow
disclaim
abnegate
revoke
recall
cancel
disown
deny
rescind
retreat
foreswear
countermand
annul
retrocede
withcall
apologise
UK
apologize
US
retrograde
recede
welsh
suspend
eliminate
exclude
take back
back off
back down
go back on
renege on
back out
eat your words
backtrack on
draw back
back out of
call off
change mind
do an about-turn on
do a U-turn on
change one's tune
forget it
row back on
rule out
have change of heart
backtrack
backpedal
do an about-face
do an about-turn
do a U-turn
change your mind
abandon
go back
relinquish
about-face
break
change
forsake
reject
reconsider
spurn
default on
rethink
give up
double back
wash your hands of
row back
climb down
drop
eschew
flip-flop
shun
have second thoughts
do a volte-face
turn back
relent
weasel out
dial back
eat crow
eat humble pie
cop out
fail to honour
break promise
break your word
abrogate
kick
abdicate
gainsay
refuse
retrace your steps
concede
contradict
disaffirm
decline
betray
retire
dispense with
call back
throw off
budge
do away with
worm out of
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
turn back on
go back on your word
walk back
say sorry
drive back
turn tail
change opinion
change your mind about
think better of
decide against
take it all back
cop out of
back out on
rat on
shift one's ground
go into reverse
pull out
sing a different song
renig
revisit
nullify
compromise
void
avoid
unmean
discard
refrain
be unfaithful
desert
return
revert
dissociate from
apostatize
give way
pack in
U-turn
come around
come round
ebb
alter
amend
jack in
contravene
retrogress
change your decision
give in
back-pedal on
swallow
regress
cast off
turn your back on
change one's attitude
concede defeat
change one's plans
divorce oneself from
back
refuse to acknowledge
refuse to accept
forgo
move backwards
back up
turn the tables
move backward
back away
drive backwards
set aside
move back
go backward
forbear
swallow one's words
cast aside
default
demur
abstain from
disendorse
sanction
admit you were wrong
back pedal
withdraw from agreement or statement
fink out
break a promise
retreat from
pull out of
withdraw from
welsh on
more ❯
Noun
▲
That which has been saved over time, especially money
saving
fund
reserve
capital
investment
store
asset
kitty
reserves
stake
cache
fall-back
funds
hoard
riches
stash
stockpile
accumulation
harvest
money
resources
life saving
nest egg
provision for a rainy day
money put by for a rainy day
money in the bank
rainy day fund
mattress full
savings
gleanings
investments
insurance
emergency fund
assets
provisions
ace in hole
emergency supply
supply
stock
reservoir
collection
inventory
mass
pile
amassment
heap
aggregation
agglomeration
backlog
wealth
cumulation
deposit
trove
conglomeration
abundance
treasure
garner
treasure house
hidden treasure
treasure trove
treasure-trove
pool
bank
mine
source
repository
storehouse
repertoire
budget
force
treasury
quantity
supplies
wellspring
arsenal
surplus
array
stack
range
holdings
stores
stocks
argosy
stream
cornucopia
fountain
goods
buildup
allocation
vein
spring
amount
fount
depository
armory
US
armoury
UK
property
well
vault
safe
coffer
rich source
gold mine
mother lode
set
storage
motherload
common supply
crop
hideaway
archive
cradle
fountainhead
seedbed
number
font
origin
root
variety
chunk
portfolio
selection
assortment
excess
assemblage
hunk
plant
gob
storeroom
wares
produce
load
repertory
mountain
logjam
drop
rick
surfeit
commodities
choice
merchandise
agglomerate
drop-off
wherewithal
materials
accretion
provision
pileup
pile-up
build-up
articles
hidden supply
collateral
holding
bonanza
possessions
mint
belongings
resource
effects
trench
field
bed
pithead
ditch
coalmine
coalface
more ❯
Noun
▲
Someone or something that replaces or provides support to another
reserve
substitute
replacement
backup
relief
cover
sub
locum
alternate
spare
alternative
extra
auxiliary
fallback
reinforcement
stand-in
fill-in
locum tenens
pinch hitter
designated hitter
fall-back
standby
surrogate
proxy
double
understudy
stopgap
deputy
pinch-hitter
stand-by
successor
supply
second
temp
temporary
representative
DH
ancillary
substitution
delegate
succedaneum
second string
makeshift
secondary
accompaniment
body double
backfill
support
equivalent
temporary worker
depute
supply teacher
supplanter
placeholder
changeling
assistant
casual worker
ring-in
someone else
temporary expedient
contingency
spare part
part
new part
backup plan
plan B
contingency strategy
contingency plan
agent
factor
envoy
ambassador
attorney
minister
expedient
emissary
expediency
commissary
recourse
resort
procurator
resource
refuge
assignee
rep
frontman
regent
go-between
spokesperson
legate
shift
spokesman
spokeswoman
mouthpiece
last resort
pis aller
messenger
substitute agent
plenipotentiary
commissioner
nuncio
nominee
appointee
consul
member
front
vicar
people's choice
intermediary
broker
negotiator
lawyer
mediary
executor
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Being in a backup or supporting role
secondary
spare
backup
relief
substitute
auxiliary
extra
reserve
fallback
alternate
alternative
subsidiary
additional
second
supporting
another
fall-back
supplementary
replacement
standby
ancillary
deputy
supplemental
supernumerary
second-string
surrogate
emergency
proxy
stand-in
fill-in
back-up
pinch-hitting
subordinate
accessory
junior
inferior
sub
lesser
temporary
acting
lower
lowly
minor
assistant
smaller
provisional
stopgap
caretaker
interim
locum
free
fresh
surplus
lower-level
low-ranking
provisionary
intervening
provisory
makeshift
substitutive
lower-ranking
second-fiddle
vice-
low-grade
pro tem
in store
transitional
ad interim
tentative
pro tempore
short-term
in reserve
sub-
leftover
optional
supererogatory
duplicate
other
peripheral
complementary
cover
accessorial
contributory
associate
appurtenant
adjuvant
adjunct
subservient
attendant
younger
back up
youngest
under
less
second-rate
second-class
less important
temp
impromptu
make-do
band-aid
improvised
throwaway
rough-and-ready
ad hoc
expedient
slapdash
supply
new
ersatz
quick-and-dirty
rough and ready
adoptive
jury
expediential
changeover
foster
extemporary
extempore
non-permanent
pop-up
different
possible
understudy
redundant
superfluous
unused
support
holding
non-standard
dummy
impermanent
adjutant
delegated
transient
unfixed
changeable
cobbled together
thrown together
hit-or-miss
thrown-together
for the time being
working
practical
jury-rigged
more ❯
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fall back into
fall back on
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fall behind
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